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B-17 Flying Fortress Operations

Images capturing crew activities around B-17 bombers, showcasing flight preparations, returning missions, and ground support under wartime conditions.

ITALY-The National pastime is the international pastime, and shown above is Cpl. Booker T. Little, 3211 Lawton St., St. Louis, Mo., catching the tosses of one of his ball playing pals.
ITALY-The National pastime is the international pastime, and shown above is Cpl. Booker T. Little, 3211 Lawton St., St. Louis, Mo., catching the tosses of one of his ball playing pals.
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Pfc Emma Utter, Sagola, Mich., puts the finishing touches of a 16 hour painting job on the flak scarred hull of "Pallas Athene, the G.I. Jane," first bomber in the ETO to be named in honor of the WAC.
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Pfc Papst inspects a German water tank converted into a cooling system for offices.
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Costa Rica, Central America - through overtowering jungle two members of search party, which was divided into patrols, hunt the plane.
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A Usaaf Bomber Field, England, July 12--1St Lt. Dunstan T. Abel, Navigator Of The Boeing B-17 'Fertile Myrtle', Who Has Announced That He Is Buying A War Bond To Replace The Barrel Of A 50 Calibre Machine Gun He Burnt Out In Shooting Down A Messerschmitt
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Air Service Command Aero Repair Hangar. China.
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Major Stephen W. Henry (Left) Of Dallas, Tex., Aaf Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Group Operations Officer, Confers With The Group Navigator, 1St Lt. G.I. Haskett Of Brownlee, Oregon, Prior To A Recent Mission Over Toulon, France.
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ITALY-For twisting safety wire in tight spots, Cpl Eugene Comeau, 1253 River St., Haverhill, Mass., devised this special tool. It's a mechanical finger cut in half. Bushings have been fitted to the ends so that no metal touches the safety wire. The
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When Men Of The 16Th Combat Camera Unit Examined A Captured Japaneseanese Parachute, They Found That It Was Smaller Than The U.S. Chute And Very Shoddy In Workmanship. China, February 1944.
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BOMBING
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Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots Of The 12Th Af Strafed And Dive Bombed This German Convoy In Full Retreat In Northern Italy.
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The Volcania munitions...
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ITALY-Made of scrap iron, this wrench enables Sgt Jack C. Freeman, Celton Gardens, Laredo, Texas, to remove the rear sump plug of Pratt and Whitney R1830-43 engines with greater ease and speed.
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Eritreans and Arabs performing janitor work on the wings and fuselage of a Flying Fortress.
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8th AF Liberator Station, England-Col. Irvine A. Rendle, of Rawlins, Wyo., Liberator Group Commander, and Capt. Harold F. Weiland, of Elyria, Ohio, Group bombardier, give the Liberator bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches
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M/Sgt. Herbert H. Roberts, Rosebud, Texas Is Typical Of The Crew Chiefs Who Have Kept Them Flying In The Eto. The Love These Men Have For Their Ships Is Touching. They Often Work On Them For 16 Hours At A Stretch And Are Very Seldom Further Than A Stone
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1St Lt. Michael J. Quirk, 3718 Livingston St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 62Nd Fighter Squadron, 56Th Fighter Group.
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Lt. Vancleve And Sgt. Papi Demonstrating The Use Of A G-Suit. England - 6 December 1944.
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U.S. Army Engineers And Chinese Engineers Discuss Plans Of Construction For Laohwangping Airfield, China. Left To Right: Pfc. Melvin G. Watchorn, Salt Lake City, Utah; Pfc. Peter G. Bergun, Buffalo, New York; Lt. James E. Beard, Boaz, Kentucky; Capt. Jam
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German ammunition truck blowing up in withdrawal from Belgium bulge under .50 calibre incendiary bullets of Lt. Richard D. Law, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Republic P-47 sitting on the line at Bellows Field, New Guinea. The crew chief, S/Sgt. Ray L. Wilt, Bellington, W. Va., is on the wing of the plane.
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Beneath ruins of German JU 88, Chaplain Harold Whitlock conducts Easter Sunrise Services for members of a Bomb Group in southern Italy. Absent is the beauty of the homeland church but to these aerial crew men, their church in the field serves to
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Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.
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500-Pounders Dropped By Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Blow Enemy Strongpoints In Wurzburg, Germany, Sky High As Doughboys Of 42Nd Div. Work Their Way Forward Into Town.
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Operations Room Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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Lt. James S. Varnell climbs from his North American P-51 Mustang "Little Eva."
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Atc Personnel During Route Briefing At Wideawake Field, Ascension Island. May 1943.
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Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To T/Sgt. Willie O. Martin, Right, Of Waco, Texas.
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Ground Photo Section Of The 13Th Air Force Based On Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 23 April 1944.
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A Usaaf Bomber Field England, June 26 -- Against A Background Of Fortresses, Brig. Gen. F.L. Anderson, Headquarters Eighth Bomber Command, Presents An Air Medal To A Flying Officer Who Has Completed Five Missions Over Germany And Occupied Europe. A Total
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Ammunition Carreirs For The Army And Repairing Crews At Liuchow Air Base, China After Re-Occupation By The Allies. Liuchow Was First 'Scorched' By The Chinese And Americans Before Their Retreat, And Was Further Destroyed By The Retreating Japaneses.
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Tunis, Tunisia-Axis planes...
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Col Grant O. Williams, Left, Signal Officer, 1St U.S. Army, Awards The Air Medal To M/Sgt. Don O. Kerr, Right, Of Athens, Ala.
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Somewhere In China, Pat O'Brien, Hollywood Film Star, Has A Happy Reunion And Talks Of 'Old Times' With Colonel John S. Kelly, 14Th Air Force Chaplain. They Were Close Friends Back In Los Angeles, Calif., Where Colonel Kelly Was Then Chaplain At The Sant
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Officers of the 38th Bomb Group at Christmas services on New Guinea. 1942.
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United States Installations At Belem, Brazil
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An 8th Air Force fighter sweeps in low to strafe the choke point along a rail line somewhere in Nazi-held France. Hits are being scored on the first of three locomotives standing along the far side of the tracks, getting up stream.
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RED ARMY GIRLS AND GI'S WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE: Russian and American techniciana work together on many jobs in the Eastern Command of U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, which operates the New American "shuttle" bases in the USSR. Here
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Crew Of North American B-25 Beside The Wreck, Awaiting Rescue. From Left To Right They Are: Sergeant J. Whitehead, Engineer; Sergeant J.R. Brewster, Radio Operator; Sergeant C.C. Cook, Operator; Lt. J.I. Moor, Co-Pilot; Lt. J.J. Blais, Pilot; And Sergea
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9Th Air Force Hq., Band, Sunninghill, Berks, England. 11 May 1944.
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Cu Italian Laborers On Front Of Locomotive; Writing On Locomotive "Welcome Truman Liberato" In Trento, Italy.
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An allied invasion barge attacked by Nazi Stukas and ME-109's off coast of Pantelleria Island.
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Oujda, Morocco-Mass jump by parachutists of 504th Parachute Infantry Battalion during a review of 82nd Airborne Division.
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Camp Chapel, Accra Air Base, Accra, Gold Coast, Africa. May 1943.
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One of Five photographs: Color-bearers for 3rd Group Decoration Ceremony.
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CVA 61 Ranger , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.
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Aircraft, Burma, India &RECREATION War
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Japan's raid on Pearl Harbour Date: P
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Rocket Site At Wizernes, France. This Photo Taken After The Attack Of 5 July 1944 Shows The Whole Area Of The Site Has Been Plastered With Craters. Some Repairs Have Been Made To The Dome Shaped Unit But Otherwise There Appears To Be Little Or No Moveme
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Sergeant Henrich Doleman, Colonel Bernt Balchen, Ac, Captain Harold L. Strong, Ac And Sergeant Joseph D. Healey Just Before Leaving Motor Sled Camp For Beachhead Station.
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With Most Of His Flying Togs Off, Sgt. Brown Gets Into His Moccasins, Ready To Sweat Out The Next Mission. Italy.
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Air-Sea Rescue Operations Of The 65Th Fighter Wing At Saffron-Walden, Essex, England. Transmitting And Receiving Antennae And Towers For Vhf Equipment, Fighter Control. The Towers Shown In This Picture Are British.
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R.A.F. Martin B-26 "Marauder" of the Coastal Air Force of the Northwest African Air Force shoots down a giant JU-290 off the isle of Bastia, Corsica.
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Decoration Of Tokyo Flyers By Madame Chiang Kai Shek At Chungking, China, June 29, 1942. Madame Chiang Kai Shek. Capt. Henery A. Potter, In Background, Capt. Edgar E. Mcelroy, Capt. Richard O. Joyce, Capt. Jack Ahren Sims.
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Decoration Of Tokyo Flyers By Madame Chiang Kai Shek At Chungking, China, June 29, 1942. Colonel John A. Hilger Being Decorated By Madame Chiang Kai Shek. Brig Gen. James Doolittle (Now Major General) In Background.
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Lt. Colonel Goldenburger And His Dog Standing Beside His Plane, The 'Honey Chile'. England. 7 February 1945.