B-17 Flying Fortress Missions

Photographs display crews of B-17 bombers during WWII, posing beside aircraft, capturing moments of camaraderie and military history amid flight operations.

Lt. White And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 7 April 1945.
Lt. White And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 7 April 1945.
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Lt. Jauregi's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 21 April 1945.
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Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Leipsig, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Group. England, 27 February 1945.
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Engineer Officers, Line Chiefs And Flight Chiefs Of The 534Th Bomb Squadron, 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 16 July 1943.
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Colonel Hughey And Crew Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Douglas A-20 'Eva Mae' At A 9Th Air Force Base In France. 21 October 1944.
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Lt. Moran And Crew Of The 614Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 15 January 1945.
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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
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Lt. Hoffman 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.
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Colonel Leonard F. Harmon Inspects Crew.
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Capt. M. Nichols, Pilot, And Tsgt J. Gall, Sgt J. Ryan, Sgt G. Gunther, Ground Crew Members Beside The Lockheed P-38 Lightning 'Wilda' Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.
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Four consignificant men at the nose on aircraft. Group portrait. Four consignificant men at the nose on aircraft S 6. Belong to Air Force Museum's image archive.
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Crew Members Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Somewhere In England.
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Airmen of the 452nd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-192622) nicknamed 'Borrowed Time'.
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Colonel H.J. Rau, Pilot, T/Sgt. Douglas, Sgt. Beach And Sgt. Gentcarm, Ground Crew Members, Beside The Lockheed P-38 "Gentle Annie" Of The 20Th Fighter Group In England.
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Lt. Mcneil And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Presented The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At 8Th Air Force Station 167, On 19 April 1944.
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Lt. Yockem's Crew Of The 486Th Bombardment Group In England.
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The Ground Crew Of The B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom-Bombed Hiroshima, Japanesean. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, The Pilot Is In The Center. Marianas Islands.
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Lt. General James Doolittle Talks With Major General James E. Chaney, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.
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World War II: American soldiers at a bomber command station in England before taking off on a bombing mission, August, 1942.
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Lt. Osborne And Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group Pose For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 1 May 1944.
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS-One Consolidated B-24 crew of the "Fightin' 13th" AAF celebrated Pearl Harbor day with a minimum-altitude attack against oil refineries and storage tanks at Luton, Western Borneo. The lone crew destroyed the cracking plant of a
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Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Dresden, Germany Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 17 April 1944
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The crew of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress," left to right: Capt. William J. Crumm, 1st Lt. Mark H. Gilman, Sgt. Glenn C. Wilson, 1st Lt. William C. Leasure, T/Sg.t Karl L. Masters, T/Sgt. Peter F. De Boy, S/Sgt. Andrew Markle, S/Sgt. James B.
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Colonel Charles M. Mccorkle Of San Antonio, Texas, Commanding Officer Of A 15Th Air Force North American P-51 Mustang Group In Italy, Explains Some Of The Tactics He Used In Downing 11 Enemy Aircraft. They Are, Left To Right: 2Nd Lt. Robert E. Little, Ch
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Payne's Crew Of The 8Th Af's 398Th Bomb Group By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 1 October 1944.
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Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. Pilots of No. 239 Wing RAF standing in front of a Curtiss Kittyhawk at Cutella landing ground, south of Vasto Italy, after returning from a shipping strike off the Yugoslavian coast. In front of the aircraft are, (left to right): Flight Sergeant E H Mills of Maidstone, Kent; Warrant Officer H Curno of West Ham, London; Flight Lieutenant L A Malins of ealing, London; Flight Sergeant M W Curteis of Chingford, Essex; Flight Lieutenant L V Flury of Midale, Saskatchewan, Canada; Warrant Officer N R H Nichol of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Flight Sergeant R H Mansfield of Brighton,and Sergeant J Smith of Edinburgh. On the wing are (left to right): Sergeant J Roberston of Edinburgh; Flight Sergeant R W Russell of Carshalton, Surrey, and Lieutenant K W Johnson SAAF of Johannesburg, South Africa. Malins, a flight commander of No. 260 Squadron RAF, led the attack and was promoted to command the Squadron in March 1944.
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,CREWS War
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L To R, Standing: Lt. Colonel John Porter, Ground Maintenance Officer On B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom Bombed Hiroshima, Japanesean; Major (Then Capt.) Theodore J. (Dutch) Van Kirk, Navigator; Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, 509Th
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Group Of Pilots Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Who Call Themselves 'Bill's Buzz Boys' Pose On Jeep Displaying Their Missions And Accomplishments. England, March 1944.
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Lt. Clare And Crew Of The 526Th Bomb Squadron, 379Th Bomb Group, Pose For The Photographer At Their 8Th Air Force Base In England On 27 July 1944.
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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. Johnson 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. E.J. Toe S/Sgt. A. Adegka S/Sgt. W.H. Bender
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1st Lt. Raymond E. Holsey and crew of 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at a base somewhere in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Lt. Holsey of Altus, Oklahoma, pilot 2nd Lt. Glenn E. Ream of Windber
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Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command The smiling crew of a No 120 Squadron Liberator, 'X for X-Ray', photographed at Aldergrove in the small hours of the morning, prior to taking off on a convoy patrol far out into the Atlantic, April 1943.
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At the new U.S. bomber bases in Russia-Audrea Hincerockur, Russian Pilot, Lt. Thompson Highfill Antescadero, Calif., American pilot of Bomb Group, Cozsen Veuzopkin of the Russian Air Force, another pilot, chat beside a P-51 at an advanced Russian
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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. "Pinky" Lorance (In Cockpit) And Ground Crew; Cpl. "Flash" Graham, Armorer; S/Sgt. Smorey Mcclain, Assistant Crew Chief And S/Sgt. Rebel Phipps, Crew Chief, Pose On Their Republic P-47 "Goon" Of The 350Th Fighter Squadron, 353Rd Fighter Group At A Bas
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Group photo Kite glass OCC 69B, 315 Squadron, Twenthe airbase.
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A Pilot Of The 94Th Fighter Squadron, 1St Fighter Group, Stands Beside His Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Jinx" At An Air Base Somewhere In Italy.
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the 354th fighter-bomber group, their mission completed, head for the interrogation tent. Left to right: Capt. James D. Dalglish, 604 N. George St., Rome, N.Y.; Major Glenn T. Eagleston, 3133 Poplar Blvd.
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Members Of The 14Th Fighter Group Pose After Receiving Awards During A Ceremony At An Airbase Somewhere In North Africa.
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Lt. Harper 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. T.B. Harper, Pilot Lt. Vern Short, Bombardier
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RAF Salute On Coronation Day -- Leaders of the RAF Coronation fly-past of 168 jet fighters, pictured after they had landed at Biggin Hill today after a rehearsal. (Left to Right) Wing commander James Wallaces, DSO., DFC (leader of the fly past), W/C D. Crowley-Milling, DSO, DFC., Wing Commander D.C. Smallwood, DSO., MBE., DFC., W/C J.D. Lindsey, DFC., Air Video Marshal The Earl of Bandon L.H. Bartlett, DSO., W/C R.D. Yuie, DSO, DFC., and W/C P.P.C. Barthropp, DFC. May 13, 1953.
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Here is S/Sgt. Julius J. Tefts from Mt. Tom and Westfield, Mass. In front of the AAF Martin B-26 Marauder in which he flew when he shot down his first enemy fighter plane. It was on a raid on the marshalling yards, at Foligno, Italy on 7 Jan that
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Ground Radar Personnel Of The 6Th Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) Pose For The Photographer Aboard Ship Somewhere In The Pacific. 7 September 1945.
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Leonard Cheshire with air crew and ground crew while at 35 Squadron
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'Gi Backstage Johnnies' Of The 401St Bomb Group Visit The Entertainers After A Uso Show At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 12 January 1944. The Girls Are, Left To Right: Maxine Martin, Penny Beaumont And Del Ohrell.
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Elsevier photo collection. Series: Training Dutch military kites Randolph Fig Texas 4 months training, Dutch student-kite evening flight T-6 North American teens aircraft. left B.G. Van Wijnen Baarn, F. Hoppener Rotterdam H.F. Hogendorf Arnhem. February 10, 1951. America, Randolph Field, Texas
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Technical Sergeant Thomas W. Nulty (left) of Rochester, N.Y., and Major Alexander Guerry (right) of Sewanee, Tenn., awarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding work in New Guinea. Guerry was the pilot and Nulty the photographer of a Fifth Air Force plane which photographed the combined operations to seize Nadzab airdrome and invest the Markham Valley bombing paratroops descending invasion barges all of which provided excellent photographs for invasion training purposes, as well as public information. November 17, 1943. (Photo by Fifth Air Force).
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Crew Of The Consolidated B-24 'The Goon'. They Are, Left To Right, Back Row: Tsgt. Archie L. Fleharty Of Cozad, Nebraska, Capt. Samuel J. Skousen Of Thatcher, Arizona, Tsgt. Robert M. Kirk, Of Alpha, Illinois, Sgt. Casper J. Chirielseisen Of Washington,
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Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.
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Crew Members Of The 753Rd Bomb Squadron, Pose Beside A Consolidated B-24 Somewhere In England. September 1944.
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DF-SD-07-26043. Base: Hector Air Field State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Weather Bureau DC-6 Personnel
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Lt. Heechenhahn's Crew Of The 8Th Af 95Th Bomb Group Standing By Their B-17 At Their Base In England, 19 August 1944.
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Lt. Kimbrough And Crew Of The 65Th Bomb Squadron, 43Rd Bomb Group, Pose Beside The Consolidated B-24 'Lucky Lucille' At Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea. 2 March 1944.
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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of workers with their safety goggles - digital file from intermediary roll film | Library of Congress
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One of the Doolittle Raid B-25 bomber crews during world war two
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Vintage photograph. Troop carrier aircraft of the ninth Air Force transports from the all air army
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Five American Airmen From Bristol, Rhode Island Take Part In Ceremonies Naming Aircraft, Manufactured By The Bristol Aircraft Corp At Filton, England After Their Home States. They Are, Left To Right Pfc. Antonio Pirri, Pvt. Edward Estrella, Pvt. Jacon Os
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Transportaion Section Personnel Of The 6Th Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) Pose For The Photographer Aboard Ship Somewhere In The Pacific. 7 September 1945.
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U.S.A.F. personnel greet members of a U.S.C. troupe upon their arrival at Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia. 5 January 1945.
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Personnel Of The 1117Th Quartermaster Pose For The Photographer At The 13Th Air Depot Base On New Caledonia.