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B-17 Bomber Crews in WWII

Images of crews posing in front of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses at various Air Force bases in England during WWII. Historical military attire and aircraft dominate the scenes.

Capt. Charleville And Crew (Crew 2) Of The 615Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B1-7 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 27 October 1944.
Capt. Charleville And Crew (Crew 2) Of The 615Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B1-7 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 27 October 1944.
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Lt. Long And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 1 July 1944.
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Lt. Christians And Crew Of The 303Rd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17, England. 17 May 1944.
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Men Of The 379Th Bomb Group Stand In Formation During An Award Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 2 August 1943.
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A Group Of Pilots From The First Curtiss P-40S To Land On Munda, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands, Pose In Front Of One Of The Planes. They Are, Left To Right: Lt. K.M. Nzus; Lt. R.M. Magown; Lt. R.B. Walker; Capt. T.B. Jennings; Lt. F.C. Crain; Capt
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These Boeing B-29 Men Found A Haven In The Jungle, When They Were Hosted By Assam Tea Planters After Being Lost In The Jungle. The Crew Parachuted Out In Monsoon Weather, Landing In Trackless Country From Which They Were Rescued By An Air Service Command
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Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Hamburg, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 24 February 1945.
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ADVANCE ECHELON, FIFTH AIR FORCE, SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA-This air crew has flown 49 flights against the Japaneseanese in the Southwest Pacific war zone. Their squadron was the first to employ the parachute bomb, with which 17 grounded enemy
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William Randolph Hearst, Jr., War Correspondent Of Ins (Fifth From Left) Photographed With The Crew Of A B-26 Marauder Of The 323Rd Bomb Group (Medium). Mr. Hearst Had Flown On A Mission With This Crew Of The 9Th Af.
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Lt. Burke And Crew Of The 527Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 11 April 1944.
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ENGLAND--Gathered around their map of the target in fron of their ofrt, "Button Nose," are, left to right: T/Sgt. Alfred I. Haugen, top turret gunner, New Ulm, Minn.; Lt. C.J. Robertson, navigator, Chicago, Ill.; S/Sgt. T.G. Bowser, tail end Charlie
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A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Battle Damaged Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 April 1944.
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Leukhardt's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 3 August 1944.
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Usaf - Tokyo Raid - On 18 April 1942, Airmen Of The Us Army Air Forces, Led By Lt. Colonel James H.(Jimmy) Doolittle, Carried The Battle Of The Pacific To The Heart Of The Japaneseanese Empire With A Surprising And Daring Raid On Military Targets At Tokyo, Yok
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Lt. Cook And Crew Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside The Douglas A-20 Havoc At A 9Th Air Force Base In France. 16 April 1945.
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A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 23 April 1944.
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Ground Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "P-Peter" Pose In Front Of Their Plane. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 27 July 1944.
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Anelio's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their At Their Base In England, 29 January 1945.
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Lt. Greiner And Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Pose For The Photographer On 11 July 1944, At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England.
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Capt. Dempsey And Ground Crew Of A North American P-51 "Mustang" Of The 20Th Fighter Group At An Airbase In England.
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Airmen Of The New Layfayette Escadre Of World War Ii, A Republic P-47 Fighter Bomber Component Of First French Air Corps Of First Tactical Air Force Commanded By Major General Robert M. Webster (Insert). Captains Montravel And De L'Espinay Commanding The
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Men Of The 457Th Bombardment Group Of The 8Th Air Force Have Removed The Guns From Their B-17 "Flying Fortress" Ath Their Base In England, After Returning From A Bombing Mission On Berlin, Germany. 3 February 1945.
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Capt. Layton And Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Pose For The Photographer On 11 July 1944, At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England.
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First Units Of Troop Carrier Command Paratroopers To Land In Enemy Territory Often Carry Small Portable Radar Units. The Radar Is Immediately Set Up On The Ground And Other Troop Carrier Planes 'Home' On This Ground Beacon With Airborne Receiver, Thus At
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Pilot Lucius D. LaCroix and crew of the 49th Fighter Group pose beside a plane at an air base somewhere in New Guinea.
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Men Of The 51St Fighter Group (Rotating) Pose For The Photographer, With The Group Banner, At A 14Th Air Force Base In China. They Are, Left To Right: Sgt. A.V. Amora, 1St Sgt. F.D. Eillison, M/Sgt. P.D. Pobarka, M/Sgt. E.M. Thygoson, 1St Sgt. K.G. Milerb
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Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 17 February 1945.
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Football Team Of The 752Nd Bomb Sq., 458Th Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England. 7 November 1944.
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DF-SD-07-26057. Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Ground Crew Of The 68Th Bomb Squadron, 44Th Bomb Group, Pose Beside The Consolidated B-24 Liberator They Service (A/C No. 123699) At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 21 April 1943.
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Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Peronne, France, Beside A Boeing B-17, "Flying Fortress". 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 18 July 1944.
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American and British soldiers unload a gas drum from a Consolidated B-24 Liberator of the 15th Air Force at an advanced air base in Southern France. The drum will be filled with gas taken from the wing tanks of the heavy bombers that ferried the high
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Lt. Howard And Capt. Dimel's Crew Of The 486Th Bombardment Group In England.
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Ground Crew Of The 94Th Fs, 1St Fg, Pose On Their Lockheed P-80 Lightning At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy. Originally Called "P-38", Corrected To Lockheed P-80 March 12 1990 Lwilson
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Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To La Possoniere, France, Beside A Boeing B-17, Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 15 June 1944.
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A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 26 July 1943.
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Peterson's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 "Ramp Rooster" At Their Base In England, 11 August 1944.
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USA/Japan: The Crew of 2nd Doolittle Raid Aircraft (crash landed in China), aboard USS Hornet, north Pacific, April 1942
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Sgt. B.F. Belcher, Capt. J.E. Davis, Lt. C.F. Schilt, Sgt. H.H. Dogant i.e., Dogan
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Two Members Of The 381St Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer After Receiving Awards During A Ceremony At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 14 May 1944.
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The original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project pose in front of an Air Force Jet. From left to right Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Walter M. Wally Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, and Donald K. Deke Slayton.
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Rice's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 25 July 1944.
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Vintage photograph. Aviation cadet at basic training at Randolph Air Force Base gets final advice from his instructor before taking a North American T-6 Texas into the air alone for the first time
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Transfer of Hato Airport by 320 Airplane Squadron of the Marine Carring Service to 336 Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
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A Gun Crew Consisting Of 13 Men, Manning This 90Mm. Aa Gun. Battery 'B', 507Th Aaa Bn. Manila, Philippine Islands - May 1945.
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Father Arthur P. Finan, U.S. Navy Chaplain. This item is a photograph depicting Father Arthur P. Finan (center), Francis McCarthy (left) and Frank Filan (right)..
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Lt. Dunn And Crew Of The 527Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 4 April 1944.
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Officers Of The 4Th Reconnaissance And Map Group, Pose For The Photographer On Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 20 July 1943.
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Ten Happy Flyers - Crew Members Of The 401St Bomb Group Boeing B-17 'Pee-Tey-Kuh' - Sit Around The Interrogation Table After Completing Their Fifth Bombing Mission (Target - Kiel, Germany) On 13 December 1943. The Men Are S/Sgt. Herbert F. Williams, Flex
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AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER COMMAND STATION, ENGLAND. Under the nose of "Winnie the Pooh," a Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress, stands some of the ground crew responsible for the fine mechanical record of the plane. (Left to right: S/Sgt. James H. Travis of Plant
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Capt. W.W. Smith, Pilot, And Ground Crew Members Beside The Lockheed P-38 Lightning 'Okie-Bloke Ii' Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War
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Lt. Smithdeal And Crew Of The 525Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 12 June 1944.
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Air and ground crews of the Douglas A-20 Havoc "La France Libre," the first 9th Air force light bomber to complete 100 missions against German military objectives. Left to right, S/Sgt. Steve Risko, 24, 4955 North Drake Ave., Chicago, Ill., tunnel
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Lt. Lockhart And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 18 August 1943.
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Vice President Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, and flight crew stand in front of a military transport aircraft in Tripoli, Libya ca. 1953.
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Group Photograph Taken on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)Commanding Fifith Fleet Adminiral Raymond A. Spruance and staff aboard their flag ship.
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Lt. W.K. Strong And Crew Of The 506Th Bomb Squadron, 44Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Liberator (A/C 124201) At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 5 April 1943. They Are, First Row, Left To Right: S/Sgt. L.B. Fleming, Ridgeland, South Car
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Cadets at a Flying School. ca. 1942, Greenville, Mississippi, USA, Cadet Captains, Greenville Army Flying School, Greenville, Mississippi.