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B-17 Flying Fortress Crews

Black-and-white photographs of B-17 bomber crews during World War II, posing in front of their aircraft, showcasing camaraderie and military dedication.

Lt. Rizzo And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 9 July 1944.

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

Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Leave Their Plane After Bombing Mission. England.

Crew of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the Fifth Air Force in New Guinea. Bottom row, left to right: 1st Lt. William E. O'Brien, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 2nd Lt. James H. Powell, Springfield, Ill.; 2nd Lt. Victor H. Franco, Ambridge, Penn.; 2nd Lt.

Lt. Hunt And Crew Of The 365Th Bomb Squadron, 305Th Bomb Group Shown Beside Their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 7 July 1944.

Ground Crew Of The Martin B-26 "Spamburger Ii" Pose By Their Plane At The 386Th Bomb Group Base In Beaumont, France On 15 October 1944.

Left to right: S/Sgt. Baker, Forect City, Pa.; 2nd Lt. Robert N. Bancher, Elizabeth, N.J. and S/Sgt. Brackelsberg, Grand Junction, Colo.

Lt. Bailey 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.

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Anklam, Germany Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 25 August 1944.

Lt. Beebe And Crew Members Of The 439Nd Troop Carrier In Front Of A Douglas C-47 At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 14 July 1944.

Ground Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Lucifer Jr." At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 3 August 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War

Landrum's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 10 February 1945.

The B-29 Takes It! Capt. James Pearson And His Crew Of The 881St Bomb Sqd., 500Th Bomb Gp., 73Rd Bomb Wing Based On Saipan, Brought This Plane In From Tokyo Over 1500 Miles Of Water Thru Adverse Weather And Darkness With Two Engines Out On One Side. The

The North American B-25 "Rosie" Of The 340Th Bomb Group Is Ready For A Test Flight After Repairs Are Finished. The Plane Was Damaged During The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius On 23 March 1944. Here, Colonel Limburner, C.O. Of The 19Th Service Group, Thanks Of

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Jutlandia in Rotterdam with Dutch and Belgian injuries from Korea. September 15, 1951. Korea, Rotterdam

Lt. Heinz 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: S/Sgt. N.D. Dodge S/Sgt. W.T. Webb S/Sgt. R.B.

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

Men Of The 379Th Bomb Group Stand In Formation During An Award Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 20 August 1943.

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

Major Anderson And Ground Crew Beside The North American P-51 Mustang "Boost" Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.

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

Capt. William P. Thorington and crew of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group at an airbase in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Capt. William P. Thorington, Montgomery, Alabama, pilot 2nd Lt. Robert L. Schulz of St. Paul, Minnesota, co-pilot

Capt. Robert K. Morgan And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 'Memphis Belle' Are Honored During A Ceremony Attended By Major General Ira C. Eaker And Other High Ranking Officers, At The Combat Crew Replacement Center #11 In England. On 9 June 1943 The Plane And It

Lt. McHugh 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: S/Sgt. W.E. Sheridan S/Sgt. P.A. Schuldes

1St Lt. W.R. Kinney's Crew Of The 8Th Af 95Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 4 August 1944.

Major McDonnell and crew of the 65th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, pose by the Consolidated B-24 "Stugotts Ist" at Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea. 12 February 1944.

Crew Members Of The 491St Bomb Squadron By Their North American B-25 At An Air Base In Malir, India. 25 January 1943. Photograph Is Of 490Th Bs

Lt. Lindsey And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 18 July 1944.

A Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 5 August 1944.

Lt. Comode And Crew Of The 490Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Consolidated B-24 'Sack Time' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 21 March 1944.

The Crew Of The Boeing B-17 'Chug-A-Lug' Attached To The 381St Bomb Group, Just Returned To Their Base At Ridgewell, England From A Mission Over Norway, Discuss Their Experiences On The Raid Which Was Said To Be The Coldest Ever Undertaken By The U.S. Air

Lt. R.D. Whitley And Ground Crew Beside The North American P-51 Mustang "Li'L Bit" Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.

Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Tinker Toy' At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 17 October 1943.

Major Mc Clearnon Poses With Officers Of The 5Th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard for a flight in an English Lancaster. 1944

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival General S.H. Track on Kemajoran (24 August 1946). General Track shakes the hand of General E.T. Kengen. Right General Buurman van Vreeden. August 24, 1946. Indonesia, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

A Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 18 August 1944.

Lt. Griffith And The Crew Of His North American P-51 "Mustang". England. 28 July 1944.

Members Of The 14Th Fighter Group Pose After Receiving Awards During A Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In North Africa.

Lt. Keywan And Members Of His Ground Crew Pose Beside Their Republic P-47 "Little Hotsy" Of The 352Nd Fighter Squadron, 353Rd Fighter Group Based In England.

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, Tokohama, Yokosuka, Na

Lt. Bradley And Crew Of The 613Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, Posing On Wing Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 December 1944.

Saipan, Marianas Islands, 11 April 1945 - The 7Th Radio Security Section Is A Part Of The 136Th Radio Security Detachment Of Headquarters, Army Air Forces. The Purpose Of The Detachment Is To Monitor Air Force And Aacs (Army Airways Communications System)

Three pilots received medals in North Africa. Left to right: Capt. Dennis, Distinguished Flying Cross; Lt. Wilson, Distinguished Flying Cross; and Lt. Walker, Air Medal.

COL Ray C. Staley, commander, 315th Tactical Airlift Wing, greets a UC-123K Provider aircraft crew. The crew members, left to right, are SSGT W. Pase, SSGT R. Christie, CPT J. Greene, MAJ B. Clark and LT B. Slaughter. The aircraft, being inactivated, is named "Patches" for the more than 1,000 hit-hole patches that it received during the Vietnam conflict. Base: PHAN Rang Air Base Country: South Vietnam

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

Combat Crew #124282 -- Bombardment Squadron -- Bombardment Group (H) Aaf -- 1St Lt. Frank D. Slough, Pilot, Lakewood, Ohio, F/O. R. J. Lacombe, Co-Pilot, Providence, Rhode Island, 2Nd Lt. Lester J. Warner, Navigator, South Edmeston, New York, 1St Lt. Henr

Members Of A Bomber Command Who Were Presented Awards, Stand In Formation At An Air Base Somewhere In China, 20 December 1942. They Are, Left To Right: Lt. Dallas Clinger - Distinguished Flying Cross Colonel Herbert Morgan - Silver Star Colonel William E

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, Tokohama, Yokosuka, Na

Men Of The 381St Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer After Receiving The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At An Airfield Somewhere In England. 18 August 1944.

On 18 April 1942, Airmen Of The U.S. 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, Yokohama, Yokosuka,

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival General S.H. Rail on Kemajoran (24 August 1946). General Track in conversation with General D.C. Buurman van Vreden and Colonel P. Alons. General Kengen can be seen between Alons and Spoor. On the right a major. August 24, 1946. Indonesia, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

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

One Big "Flying Field" For Future Allied AirmenNo longer fledglings, these parachute-equipped cadets are enroute to their training ships--for flights of their own. August 22, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

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

S/Sgt. Howard D. Bell, Kingsburg, Calif., Left, And Cpl. Alvah M. Stainback, Beverly Hills, Calif. Pose In Front Of 'Snafu', The First Two-Engined Transport Plane To Land On Munda Airfield. The Two Californians Are Ground Crew Members Of The 13Th Air For

Decoration Of Tokyo Flyers By Madame Chiang Kai Shek At Chungking, China, June 29, 1942. 1St. Lt. Frank R. Kappeler, Major Charles R. Greening, 1St Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy, Madame Chiang Kai Shek, 1Sr Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood, 1St. Lt. Eugene F.Mcgurl, 1St

Lt. French And Crew Of The 527Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 7 April 1944.

Lt. Wittman and crew of the 394th Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group "Bomber Barons," 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. J.W. Stroud S/Sgt. C.M. Ross

Lost Squadron of Midway Battle ,, Here is first and exclusive picture of famed heroic Torpedo Squadron No. Eight which was sot down to a man three Jap plane carriers to bottom in Midway battle. Left to Right, standing: Lieut. J. C. Owens, Jr., Ensign Fayle, John C. Waldron, R. A. Moore, U.M. Moore, W. R. Evans, G. W. Teats and A. J. Ellison. Kneeling, Left to Right: G. M. Campbell, W. W. Ambercrombie, H. R. Kenyon, Jr., G. H. Gay, (only survivor), J. D. Woodson, W. W. Creamer and R. B. Miles. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Colonel Stevens, Captain Brinkley, And Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Hamm, Germany Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 22 April 1944.

Van Opdorf's Crew Of The 8Th Af 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 26 October 1944.

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

Martin B-26, Nicknamed 'Pikes Little Peak', Of The 322Nd Bomb Group, Hamme, Germany, 19 May 1945.

Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Photograph - Operation Fire Fly. Fully equipped for a fire jump, paratroopers at the Pendleton, Oregon AAF, are briefed by their jumpmaster before taking off in a Troop Carrier Command plane. Men of this unit may be dropped on fires anywhere in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and part of Montana. Their gear includes heavy clothing, plastic helmet, wire face guard, two parachutes, first aid kit, 150 ft. of rope, personal kit, and paratrooper's boots. The rope is for climbing down in case they land in a tree. Shovels and Other gear are dropped later..

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. The crew of 'Battlin' Bitch', a Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 159 Squadron RAF study maps by the nose of their aircraft before setting out on a sortie from Digri, India. They are, (front row, left to right): Sergeant J F Barnett of Aldershot, Hampshire Sergeant G W H Moth of Portsmouth, Hampshire Sergeant D C Donovan of Rayleigh, Essex (back row): Sergeant J D L Willshire of Bournemouth, Hampshire Sergeant K R Baverstock of Weston-super-Mare Sergeant F Holroyd of Cleckheaton Yorkshire Pilot Officer N F Robinson of Brisbane, Australia Sergeant R A Croft of Portsmouth, Hampshire

Members Of The 364Th Fighter Group Pose After Receiving The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 12 October 1944.

Second Line of Air Defense: Civil airlines of the United States forgot their commercial rivalries to answer the call of the armed forces for a Pacific airlift. Now completing three years of service on June 30th, the airlines have demonstrated teamwork in assisting the Military Air Transport Service with its huge problems of supplying the battle front in Korea. August 14, 1953.(Photo by Pan American World Airways Photo).

Command transfer 2nd tactical hunting group. Lt.kol.hansen transfers the command to Major Poublon.links Major Kite-Observer C.A.M. Poublon and right lieutenant-colonel-flyer-observer L.W. Hansen for a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak.

1St Lt. Mokler And Crew Of The 305Th Bomb Group, Are Shown Beside A B-17 Flying Fortress. 22 November 1942. England.

Coast Guard Plane Escorted Ill-fated Airliner. This image depicts the crew of the Coast guard plane that was escorting Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 when it caught fire and crashed.

Coast Guardsmen following evacuation. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen in Hawaii who were evacuated from the French Frigate SHOALS due to Hurricane Dot.

Photograph of Coast Guardsmen in the Solomons posing alongside Japanese Transport Ship KINUGAWA MARU. Coast Guardsmen Pose by Jap Ship. U.S. Coast Guardsmen in the Solomons pose for the photographer alongside the KINUGAWA MARU, beached by the Japanese after a battle with the Americans. Coast Guardsmen participated in the original invasion of the Solomons. These members of a beach party from a Coast Guard Manned combat transport are, from left to right: Rear row, Thurl G. Worthington, Chapman, Ala.; H.L. Bohner, 561 Union Street, San Bernadino, Calif.; W. C. Sparks, 808 E. McKinney, Danton, Texas; John J. Blochowicz, 3774 E. Edgerton Ave., Cudahy, Wis.; W.J. Dickmann, Grafton, Wis.; E. A. Bychinsky, 2711 S. Greeley St., Milwaukee, Wis.; L. B. Marcus, 3058 W. Ainslie St., Chicago, Ill.; J. W. Leek, 602 W. Fourth St., Mount Carmel, Ill.; Front row, Albert Kowal, 1905 Columbus Drive, Indiana Harbor, Indiana; Ensign H. W. Finbury, 5642 Herbert St., St. Louis, Mo.; Ensign C. P. Conlon, 108 A

The American Pilots & Guards ***** the evolution of the of the ***** as an operational station somewhere in Victoria. July 23, 1942.

Officers Aboard Stricken U.S. Submarine -- Four officers aboard the U.S. Submarine Squalus when it sank off Portsmouth, N.H. top, left to right: Lieut. William T. Boyle, Jr.; Ensign Joseph Hester Patterson. Bottom, left to right: Ensigns Robert N. Robertson and J.C. Nichols. May 24, 1939. (Photo by Acme).

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