B-17 Flying Fortress Crews

Historical photographs show aircrew members of various bomb groups posing beside Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II in England.

Lt. Carlson And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 20 September 1943.

Lt. Cox And Crew Of The 613Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 5 March 1945.

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Lt. Bursenger and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group pose beside their Consolidated B-24 "Wishful Thinkin'" at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right, Back Row: S/Sgt. M.F. Kaezmarek T/Sgt. D.J.

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Lt. Walker And Crew Of The 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Princess Pat'. England, 17 January 1945.

Lt. Mcguire And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 7 December 1944.

Lt. Fitzgerald And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Stag Party'. 21 September 1944, England.

Wisemer's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 9 October 1944.

Lt. Kosordor And Crew Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 26 December, 1944, England.

Ground Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 16 July 1943.

Lt. T.M. Holmes And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Gypsie'. England.

Crew Of The 391St Bomb Group Pose In Front Of The Martin B-26 Marauder 'May-B-' England, 11 April 1944.

Lt. Frankhauser And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group, Are Shown Beside The B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Liberty Run'. 24 April 1944. England.

Lead Crew On A Bombing Mission To Emden, Germany, Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 27 September 1943.

Lt. Mckenzie And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 4 December 1944.

Lt. Oliver And Crew Of The 524Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 July 1944.

Major Mitchell, Captain Lemon, And Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Frankfurt, Germany In Front Of The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 29 January 1944.

Colonel Harold W. Bowman And Lead Crew On Mission Over Ludwigshafen, Germany On 18 October 1944. (Crew 2 Of The 615Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group) England.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Calamity Jane' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 25 July 1943.

Combat And Ground Crews Of The Martin B-26 'Smokey' Of The 554Th Bomb Squadron, 386Th Bomb Group Pose By The Plane At Their Base In Boxted Field, Essex, England, On 25 August 1943.

Crew members of one of the planes of a squadron which accomplished the following in a six-month period in the Southwest Pacific Combat Zone: Destroyed 21 enemy aircraft Probably destroyed 12 enemy aircraft San 7 enemy vessels Damaged 1 enemy

Lt. Andy Virag And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 17 August 1944.

Crew Of A 10Th Air Force Plane Which Carried The First Emergency Supplies To Allied Pow's At Hanoi In French Indo-China Are, Left To Right, Lt. R.S. Wilson, Co-Pilot, Of Woods Hole, Mass; Sgt. Frank Chiara, Engineer, Jamesburg, N.J.; T/Sgt. Harry F. Welsh

Lt. A. Beane And Crew Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 9 Jan. 1945, England.

Lt. Silk 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 February 1945.

Lt. T.H. Jones Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Dee Marie' At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 21 June 1944.

Lt. Smith And Crew Of The 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, England, 6 February 1944.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Bolevich" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 7 December 1943.

Walker's Club. Members have been forced down back of Japanese lines and have spent 1 to 7 weeks in returning to their bases. All had narrow escapes from Japanese patrols, and one man led 31 Indian prisoners in a daring escape. Left to right standing:

Crew Of The Martin B-26 "" Of The 554Th Bomb Squadron, 386Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In Boxted Field, Essex, England On 30 August 1943.

These four West Virginia airmen are members of the first American dive bomb squadron to be stationed at Port Moresby, New Guinea. The squadron is credited with sinking half a dozen Japaneseanese cruisers and destroyers with the Douglas Dauntless A-24

Lt. Gay And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Gp Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 2 January 1945.

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 10 March 1944.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Dresden, Germany, In Front A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 15 February 1945.

Lt. Traeder's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 20 February 1945.

Crew of Consolidated B-24 "The Squaw." One of the "Pyramiders" group. Started as ugly duckling nobody wanted to fly, but wound up career in blaze of glory. Was flown by Col. John R. (Killer) Kane of Shreveport, La., on Ploesti raid. In year dropped

A Group Of North American P-51 Pilots Of The 311Th Fighter Bomber Group Pose Beside The P-51 Mustang 'Kathleen' At Dinjan, India. First In Line (Left), Captain James J. England Of Jackson, Tennessee, A Pilot Of The 530Th Fighter Squadron Who Accounted Fo

Capt. Parker And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 31 July 1943.

Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 "Judy Sue" At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England.

Capt. Suther And Crew Of The 322Nd Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Roxy's Special', England.

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Berlin, Germany Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 7 May 1944.

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Boeing B-17 'Little Runt' At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 28 February 1945.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Gilze-Rijen, Holland, Beside A Boeing B-17, Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 5 July 1944.

Lead Crew On A Bombing Mission To Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The 8 Ball'. 303Rd Bomb Group. 12 August 1943.

Lt. W. Whitson And Crew Of The 493Rd Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 4 Jan. 1945, England.

Lt. Fisher And Crew Of The 490Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Consolidated B-24 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 19 March 1944.

Lamiell's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their At Their Base In England, 2 February 1945.

Combat And Ground Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Hell's Angels. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 6 June 1943.

Ground Crew Members Of The Famed 13Th Air Force, Pose In Front Of 'Snafu', The First American Transport To Land On Munda Airfield. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Rode In 'Snafu' On Her Recent Visit To This South Pacific Base. The Squadron Was Chosed To Fly Mrs.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 October 1943.

Crew Members Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 19 August 1945.

Lt. Newman And Crew Of The 574Th Bomb Squadron, Beside Martin B-26 Marauder 'Jinx'. 391St Bomb Group, England, 16 August 1944.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Gelsenkirchen, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 22 March 1945.

Men, Who Took Part In Major General James H. Doolittle's First Raid Over Tokyo, Japanesean, Pose Beside The North American B-25 "Obliterators Excuse Please" At An Airfield In China. 18 September 1942.

Capt. James A. Burrsi, Chaplain, Leads Ground And Flight Crews Of The Consolidated B-24 'The Lonesome Polecat' In Prayer, Before They Take Off On A Mission Over Europe, At An Airbase In Hardwick, England. 31 January 1944.

Lt. Riley And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 12 October 1943.

Lt. G.H. Newson's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 17 March 1944.

Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England.

Lt. Forszen And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Dol". England, 27 May 1944.

Five Texans, Ground Crew Members Of The Famed 13Th Air Force, Pose In Front Of 'Snafu', The First American Transport To Land On Munda Airfield. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Rode In 'Snafu' On Her Recent Visit To This South Pacific Base. The Squadron Was Chose

Ground And Combat Crews Of The Martin B-26 "Gambler's Luck" Of The 552Nd Bomb Squadron, 386Th Bomb Group Pose By The Plane At Their Base In Great Dunmow, Essex, England On 1 September 1943.

Lt. Thurston and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group pose beside a Consolidated B-24 at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: T/Sgt. R.W. Baumgardner Lt. S.A. Rynas, Navigator

F/O Mcmanus And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 28 November 1943.

Capt. Sanders And Crew Pose Beside A Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" At An Air Base In China. 10 May 1944.

Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Dame Satan Ii'. England.

Lt. Ogle's Crew Of The 486Th Bombardment Group In England.

Lt. Lash's Crew Of The 8Th Af 95Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 6 November 1944.

Members Of The 314Th Troop Carrier Group, 9Th Troop Carrier Command Pose In Front Of A Gg-4 Glider At An Air Base In England. 21 May 1944.

Somewhere in Western Desert going over the route--Crew of North American B-25. Left to Right: Sgt. G.H. Cornwall; Sgt. B. Kuhlman; 2nd Lt. Bob Hill, Clear Lake, Iowa; 1st Lt. Bill Bryant, Denton, Texas; UNKNOWN; 2nd Lt. Jack Cross, Austin, Texas

Lt. Walker And Crew Of The 572Nd Bomb Squadron, Beside Martin B-26 Marauder 'Calamity Lu'. 391St Bomb Group, England, 9 August 1944.

Lt. Fiebelkorn, Pilot, And Ground Crew Beside A North American P-51 Mustang Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.

Lt. Keepers And Crew Of The 647Th Bomb Squadron, 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside The Douglas A-20 'Mama Lou' At A 9Th Air Force Base In England. 18 September 1944.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Frankfurt, Germany Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 20 March 1944.

Lt. Lovelace And Crew Of The 524Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 24 June 1944.

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Berlin, Germany Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 6 March 1944.

C-47 transport plane "Polly" and its crew from 6th Troop Carrier Sq., 5th Air Force, Wards Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea. Lt. John M. Rodgers, Birmingham, Ala., pilot; 2nd Lt. John P. Fairey, Richmond, Va., co-pilot; Cpl. Wesley W. Klar, Brenham

Fisher's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their At Their Base In England, 1 August 1944.

Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England.

Lt. Bordelon And Crew Of The 303Rd Bomb Group, Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 26 November 1943.

Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 19 February 1945.

Crew Members Of The 755Th Bomb Squadron, Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24, Somewhere In England. April 1944.

Crew Members Of The 458Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 At An 8Th Air Force Base Somewhere In England.

When Not Actually Flying The Crew Of The Boeing B-17 (A/C #639) 390Th Bomb Group, Takes Time Out To Study The Changing Models Of Aircraft. 8Th Air Force Base In England, 6 October 1943.

The Crew Of 'Flak Bait', First Martin B-26 Marauder To Complete 200 Missions In This Theater Is Shown By The Battle-Scarred Bomber Just After Completing Its 200Th Mission. They Are, Front Row, Left To Right: 1St. Lt. William D. Brearly, Of New York, Bomb

'Old 180' This Is The Ship With Thirty-Three Accredited Missions In The European Theatre Of Operations. In All Missions It Has Gone Up Against The Best The Nazis Have Had To Offer And Has Always Come Back To Fly Again. Following The Completion Of It's T

Crew Of The Martin B-26 'Honey Chile Ii' Of The 554Th Bomb Squadron, 386Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In Boxted Field, Essex, England On 12 September 1943.

The Colombian War College Delegation Is Shown Shortly After Its Arrival At Albrook Field, C.Z., To Study North American Military Tactics As Guests Of Lt. Gen. George H. Brett, Commanding General Of The Caribbean Defense Command. The Colombian Officers Ca

Ground Crew Of The 533Rd Bomb Squadron, 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 16 July 1943.

Lt. Hahn's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 2 May 1945.

Lt. Johnson And Crew Of The 645Th Bomb Squadron, 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside The Douglas A-20 'This Ain'T It' At A 9Th Air Force Base In England. 27 June 1944.

Lt. Woodard and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group pose beside the Consolidated B-24 "Bombs To Nip On" at an air base somewhere in the Netherlands East Indies. They are, left to right: Back Row: Lt. Woodard, Pilot Lt. Slattery

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Invasion forces in Europe, shown during inspectional tour and christening of "General Ike," newest model B-17 Silver Flying ofrtress, at a Britain-based heavy bomber station, shakes hands with

Allen's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their At Their Base In England, 28 July 1944.

Lt. Tucker's Crew Of The 8Th Af 95Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 'Gremlin's Sweetheart' At Their Base In England, 14 January 1944.

Lt. Edward F. Shields And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Miss Umbriago". England, 26 August 1944.

M/Sgt. Wooley And Ground Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 16 July 1943.

Crew 6 Of The 613Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 21 August 1944. Probably Taken Immediately After Award Cer

Fighter Pilots Of The 9Th Air Force Squadron, Based At Boxted, England, Chat Informally Before Taking Off On A Mission Over Enemy Territory. They Are, Left To Right: 1St Lt. Franklyn E. Hendrickson Of Long Island, 1St Lt. William E. Pitcher Of Spokane, W

Lt. Colonel R.J. Meyer, Pilot, And Ground Crew Of The North American P-51 Mustang "Bob Cat" Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.

Crew Members Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Somewhere In England.

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