B-17 Crew Gatherings

Historic photographs of WWII bomber crews by their B-17 Flying Fortress planes, capturing camaraderie and military life during the war.

Lt. Basler And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Uss Aliquippa'. England, 12 October 1943.

Lt. Rabo And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group, Are Shown Beside A B-17 Flying Fortress. 23 November 1942. England.

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US Air Force, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS & ALASKA

Lt. Wintergreen's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 12 March 1945.

Lt. Waldorf And Crew Of The 490Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Consolidated B-24 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 11 March 1944.

Left to right: Pilot, Capt. Bryan M. Lloyd; Navigator, Capt. Henry A. Potter; Tail Gunner, T/Sgt. Harry E. Barr; Turret Gunner, S/Sgt. Frank A. Ross; and crew chief, T/Sgt. Glenn M. Wilson.

Johnson's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 "Maude Maria" At Their Base In England, 26 December 1944.

Members Of The Ground Crew Of The 9Th Bombardment Div. At Juvencourt Airfield, France, Push The Douglas A-20 'Pad Lads' Into Its Proper Parking Space After Returning From A Mission Over Enemy Territory. 11 April 1945.

Ground Crew Of 'C' Flight Of The4 71St Bomb Squadron In The Pacific Standing By B-25 'We'Rewolf'. Left To Right, Front: T/Sgt. W.F. Wojick, Georgetown, Ill.; M/Sgt. J.H. Mynhier, Kimmell, Ind.; Sgt. E.E. Crabtree, Wyne, Okla.; Back: Sgt. H.E. Jennejohn

Lt. Clark And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 1 July 1944.

Lt. Whitson And Crew Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force Look At Some Of The Short Snorters Collected By Crew Members. 6 April 1945, England.

Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 23 April 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &CREWS,PILOT War

Planes of the Troop Carrier Command of the Northwest African Air Forces evacuate wounded from an Italian Airfield.

Lt. Hutchinson And Crew Of The 436Th Bomb Squadron, 7Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Plane At An Air Base Somewhere In India.

LANGUAGE LESSON. If the crew members of this Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the U.S. Army 15th Air Force based in southern Italy, don't learn how to speak Italian, it won't be the fault of the instructor, whose lack of stature is made up by

Lt. Moncur And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The 8 Ball'. 4 December 1943.

Crew Members Inspect The First Major Battle Damage Suffered By This B-17 "Flying Fortress" In 65 Missions. One Of The Giant Three-Bladed Propellers Was Torn Off From Its Hub By A Near Miss Flak Burst On A Recent Bombing Mission Over Germany. The Heavy B

Lt. Cardwell And Crew Of The 525Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Pose For The Photographer At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England On 27 July 1944.

Crew Members Of The 753Rd Bomb Squadron, 458Th Bomb Group, Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Somewhere In England. 13 November 1944.

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Lt. Armstead And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Lucifer, Jr." At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 3 August 1943.

Bruce Bairnsfather, War Correspondent And Famous Cartoonist, Congratulates Crew Members Of The Boeing B-17 'Old Bill' Who Have Been Presented Awards During A Ceremony At Chelveston, England On 25 July 1943. The Men Are, Left To Right: Capt. William D. Wh

Raids by the United States 14th Air force are fomenting revolt and unrest among the Japaneseanese dominated people of Thailand, Burm, French Indo China and enemy held areas in China, Maj. Albert J. Baumler, Air Corps of Trenton, N.J., who recently

1St Lt. Robert C. Thoman, Rochester, Ny, Who Recently Shot Down An Me-109, Examines The Cockpit Of A Similar Enemy Plane At A Former Luftwaffe Field As Fellow 9Th Af Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Look On. The Pilots Were Given The Opportunity To See A

1St Lt. Swedlund's Crew Of The 551St Squadron Of The 385Th Bomb Group, Based In England, Standing By Their Plane 'Stardust'. 20 January 1944.

A Crew Pf The 43Rd Bomb Group Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 'Liberator' At Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Lady Astrid' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 11 October 1943.

Lt. Bussinger and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," pose for the photographer at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War

Lt. W.L. Hanson's Crew Of The 8Th Af 95Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 17 July 1944.

Men Of The 401St Bomb Group Who Are Wearing Captured German Uniforms Group Themselves Around A Display Of Captured Equipment. England 6 August 1944.

Stoll's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 20 July 1944.

Lt. Clark And Crew Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside The Douglas A-20 "Mary 2Nd" At A 9Th Air Force Base In France. 6 December 1944.

Lt. R. Chartier And Part Of His Crew Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Madame Queen" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 27 July 1944. They Are: Lt. Chartier, Lt. C. Kuta And Lt. V.H. French. 401St Bomb Group.

Almost tailless, this Boeing B-17 of the 8th Bomber Command & its crew got home safely from a raid on St. Omer, France, last October. When engine failure forced the ship suddenly to fall out of ofrmation, it was rammed by the Boeing B-17 immediately

Lt. Owens And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 April 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Lt. Rhodes And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 1 July 1944.

Smokejumpers: General - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Aerial Cameraman Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose With Their Cameras At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 14 March 1945.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Bremen, Germany, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 13 December 1943.

Photograph of General John K. Cannon, Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz, Lt. General Mark W. Clark, and General Henry H. Arnold (U.S. Air Force Number 80225AC). Photograph of General John K. Cannon, Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz, Lt. General Mark W. Clark, and General Henry H. Arnold (U.S. Air Force Number 80225AC). Major General John K. Cannon, commanding general, North African Tactical Force; Lt. General Carl A. Spaatz, commanding general, North African Allied Air Forces; Lt. General Mark W. Clark, commanding general, Fifth Army; and General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general, U.S. Army Air Force, wait on an airfield in the Presenzano area, Italy, prior to take-off after a visit to the Fifth Army front. 11 December 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &MEDICAL, WOUNDEDCREW War

Crew of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in New Guinea. Bottom row, left to right: 1st Lt. James T. Murphy, Roundup, Montana; 2nd Lt. James W. Hale, Bangs, Texas; 2nd Lt. Nathan J. Hirsh, Austin, Texas; 2nd Lt. John C. Lombard, Scarsdale, New York.

Briefing Crews Based In North Africa Before A Mission. 1943.

Combat airmen who were shot down over Poland were flown to Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia. Here, the group poses beside a cargo plane at the Russian base. 5 January 1945.

Lt. Rood And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 22 November 1944.

Group of men in uniform , War, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

U.S. Army Nurses Christen Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The South Boston Shillelagh' Of The 381St Bomb Group, 26 March 1945. England.

A Loving Cup Is Presented To The Ground Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Blue Dreams" During A Ceremony At The 81St Bomb Group Base In Bassingbourne, England On 1 April 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Lt. Peoples and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," pose for the photographer at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: Lt. Ruggerio, Co-Pilot Lt. Smith, Navigator

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (in door of aircraft) and his crew board their Avro Lancaster bomber for No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 16 May 1943. Personalities: Wing Commander Gibson and his crew board their Avro Lancaster AJ-G (ED 932/G) for the Dams' raid. Left to right: Flight Lieutenant R D Trevor-Roper DEM; Sergeant J Pulford; Flight Sergeant G A Deering RCAF; Pilot Officer F M Spafford DFM RAAF; Flight Lieutenant R E G Hutchinson DFC; Wing Commander Guy Gibson; Pilot Officer H T Taerum RCAF.

Ground Crew Of The 94Th Fs, 1St Fg, Pose On Their Lockheed P-38 Lightning At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

Two Pilots Of The 318Th Fighter Group Shaking Hands Beside The Northrop P-61 Black Widow 'Little Joe' At Airfield On Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, June 1945.

Crew Members Of The Boeing B-17 'Chug-A-Lug', Attached To The 381St Bomb Group At Essex, England, Pile On A Jeep After Their Return From A Mission Over Enemy Territory On 13 December 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Ceremonies& Decorations, Awards, War

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War

Capt. Boggess and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," pose for the photographer at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: T/Sgt. J.D. Jones S/Sgt. W.A. Stuart

Lt. Miller And Ground Crew Pose Beside A Lockheed P-38 'Hettie' Of The 364Th Fighter Group, 67Th Fighter Wing At 8Th Air Force Station F-375, Honnington, England. 20 April 1944.

The Air Officer Commanding-In-Chief Sir Arthur Longmore, visited a squadron of the Royal Egyptian Air Force and inspected both men and machines on the tarmac.Egyptian fighter pilots walking past some of their machines to line up for inspection. August 26, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Cook And Laundry Personnel Of The 6Th Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) Pose For The Photographer Aboard Ship Somewhere In The Pacific. 7 September 1945.

Flying Tigers' was the popular name for the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force in 1941-1942. The pilots were United States Army (USAAF), Navy (USN), and Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, recruited under Presidential sanction and commanded by Claire Lee Chennault; the ground crew and headquarters staff were likewise mostly recruited from the U.S. military, along with some civilians. The group consisted of three fighter squadrons with about 20 aircraft each. The group trained in Burma before the American entry into World War II with the mission of defending China against Japanese forces. The Tigers' shark-faced fighters remain among the most recognizable of any individual combat aircraft of World War II, and they demonstrated innovative tactical victories when the news in the U.S. was filled with little more than stories of defeat at the hands of the Japanese forces. The group first saw combat on 20 December 1941, 12 days after Pearl Harbor. It achieved notable succ

Anefo photo collection. Population resistance fighters Hollandia airport. 1945. Hollandia, Guinea

Public Relations in the Ryukyus. These Coast Guard Combat Photographers and Correspondents covered the historic operations in the Ryukyu Islands. From Coast Guard-manned invasion transports and LST's, they hit the beaches to snap the photos and write the stories of the thrust deep into Japan's inner defenses. Front, left to right: Howard E. Whitwer, Chief Photographer's Mate, of 3713 Fourth Street, Baltimore, MD.; Donald D. Morgan, Yeoman First Class, of 1516 South Beverly Drive, Los Angeles, Calif.; Standing, left to right: Pat McKnite, Photographer's Mate First Class, of 1814--58th Street, Superior, Wisc; Harvey Twyman, Radioman Third Class, of 2616 Avenue D, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Robert Sabo, Photographer's Mate First Class, of 3954 East 155th Street, Cleveland, Ohio; John W. Papsun, Photographer's Mate Third Class, of 1028 University Street, Birmingham, Mich.; Back Row, left to right: Gustave Wartell, Photographer's Mate First Class, of 3660 Waldo Avenue, Riverdale, N.Y.; Charles W

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RELIGION War

Machine Shop Personnel Of The 6Th Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) Pose For The Photographer Aboard Ship Somewhere In The Pacific. 7 September 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Magnan's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 15 August 1944.

Members of a detachment from Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22) gather around a sign in front of their tent during the combined South Korean/U.S. exercise Team Spirit '90. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '90 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Crew Members Of The 753Rd Bomb Squadron, 458Th Bomb Group, Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Somewhere In England. 13 November 1944.

Men Of The 555Th Bomb Squadorn, 386Th Bomb Group Baseball Team Pose At Their Base At Great Dunmow, Essex, England, On 9 August 1944.

Briefing at Headquarters 32nd Air Division , Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Two U.S. Air Force officers chat with members of a U.S.O. troupe shortly after the players arrived at Poltava Airbase on 5 January 1945. Poltava Airbase is one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia.

Members 769 Ft. Devens , Forts & fortifications, Soldiers. Jack Miller Collection

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Back from Israel from the Maccabiade, the team for the plane. September 5, 1965. Israel

20Th Troop Carrier Crew Leaves Barracks For Morning Mission. Panama.

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