World War II Bombing Crews

Historic photographs of World War II bombing crews posing by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses in England. The images capture military personnel in flight gear, showcasing camaraderie.

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 17 September 1944.

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Gravesline, France, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 4 August 1944.

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 24 March 1945.

Lt. Lacey And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 26 December 1944.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Sons O' Satan' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 19 November 1943.

Lt. Mckinny And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 'Cabin In The Sky' The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 3 March 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 17 September 1944.

Lt. Jockerst And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Shangrila Lil'. 12 August 1943.

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

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 29 July 1943.

Crew Of Boeing B-29 (A/C #26308) Pose Beside Their Plane At An Air Base In China. 10 May 1944.

Major Murray And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 25 March 1945.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Tagalong" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 21 June 1944.

Lt. Gilbert And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 'Joker' Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Plane At Their Base In England On 11 August 1944.

2Nd Lt. J.F. Cota And Crew Of The 94Th Bomb Group Pose By A B-17 'Idiot'S Delight' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 29 December 1943.

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

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Hopsten, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 21 March 1945.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Rotterdam, Holland In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ooold Soljer'. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 4 March 1943.

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

Lt. Reavis And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 6 December 1944.

Lt. Dunlava And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 2 September 1944.

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Boeing B-17 'Dottie' At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 3 May 1945.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Erfurt, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 17 March 1945.

Lt. Dickenson And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 23 July 1944.

Lt. Thomas And Crew Of The 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Vicious Virgin". England, 10 March 1945.

Major Mccrea And Crew Of The 612Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 26 November 1944. Was 29 December 1944.

Captain Sheets And Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Ludwigshafen, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 5 September 1944.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Sottevast, France, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 8 May 1944.

Lt. Damon And Crew Of The 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Ragged But Right'. England, 19 April 1945.

Lt. Young And Crew (Crew 19) 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, 25 March 1945.

Lt. Von Aesch And Crew Of The 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress""Ragged But Right". England, 18 April 1945.

Lt. Green And Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 28 October 1944.

Lt. Purdy and crew of the 403rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb group pose by the Consolidated B-24 "Geraldine" at their base at Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Sottevast, France, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 303Rd Bomb Group. England 20 April 1944.

Lt. Urban And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Return Ticket" At 8Th Air Force Station 167, England. 24 February 1944.

Capt. Maddron And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose In Front Of Their Plane At Their Base In England On 3 April 1945.

Capt. Hayes And Crew Of The 615Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 25 March 1945.

Lt. Edwards And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 29 January 1944.

Lt. Van Wie And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 16 July 1943.

Capt. Hesse And Crew Of The 324Th Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Just Nothing". England, 10 May 1944.

Lt. Mehloff And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 29 August 1944.

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

Lt. O'Conner And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 2 April 1945.

Capt. Jobe And Crew Of The 572Nd Bomb Sqdn. Pose Beside The Martin B-26 Marauder 'Dode Lee's Memphis Blues'. 391St Bomb Group, England, 13 August 1944.

Lt. Charles H. Silvernail And Crew Of The 323Rd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Man O War'. England, 14 May 1943.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Oschersleben, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group. England, 11 January 1944.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'The Blue Blazing Blizzard' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 April 1944.

Lt. Gmernicki And Crew Of The 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 6 October 1944.

Lt. Breslin And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 30 March 1945.

Lt. Dalton And Crew Of The 323Rd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 23 September 1943.

Lt. Hybert And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 15 December 1943.

Lt. Cottins And Crew Of The Boeing B-17 "The Flying Coffin" Of The 390Th Bomb Group Pose By Their Plane At Their Base In England On 17 April 1945.

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Boeing B-17 "Little Runt" At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 18 March 1945.

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

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission To Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 21 May 1943.

Lt. Baker And Crew Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Douglas A-20 'Zoe' At A 9Th Air Force Base In France.

Ground Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Big Time Operator Ii' At 8Th Air Force Base 167, England. 6 April 1944. Far Right Back - Don Lehman Front - John Jeseta Back Center - Maurice Martin

Lead Crew On Bombing Missions To Duisburg, Germany, Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 23 November 1944.

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Boeing B-17 At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 23 March 1945.

Lt. Humphreys And Crew Of The 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 2 January 1944.

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

Lead Crew Of Bombing Mission To Koln, Germany, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 15 October 1944.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Cindy" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 5 August 1943.

Major Creo And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 11 April 1945.

Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 12 May 1945.

Colonel Kelly, Edward R. Murrow, A War Correspondent, And Crew Members Of The Martin B-26 '4-F' Pose Beside The Plane At The 386Th Bomb Group Base In Boxted Field, Essex, England On 25 February 1944.

Major Briggs And Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 22 March 1945.

Lt. Ayers And Crew Of The 427Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". England, 5 March 1945.

Lt. Watson And Crew Of The 358Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Helen Hiwater'. England, 6 February 1944.

Lt. R.E. Wine And Crew Of The 322Nd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 22 August 1943, England.

Lt. Schlieman And Crew Of The 612Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Lady Luck' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 1 January 1945.

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 29 August 1944.

Lt. Kochel And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Group, In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Spirit Of Bloomfield" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 November 1944.

Lt. Davis And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 8 October 1944.

Lt. Proffitt And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 4 December 1944.

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.

Combat Crew Of The 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "The Spirit Of Billy Mitchell". England.

Lt. L.R. Everett And Crew Of The 322Nd Bomb Sq., 91St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 16 August 1943, England.

Lt. Casello And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 16 July 1943.

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

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

Lt. Cosby And Crew Of The 848Th Bomb Squadron, 490Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Consolidated B-24 'Thumper Ii' At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 24 March 1944.

Lt. Nemitz And Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Satan's Workshop'. England, 4 September 1943.

Ground And Air Crew Of The 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Sack Time". England, 3 April 1945.

Lead Crew On A Bombing Mission To Hamburg, Germany Pose In Front Of The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 25 June 1943.

Lead Crew On Bombing Mission Pose To Neuss, Germany, Pose Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress". 360Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group, England. 31 December 1944.

Lt. Mavlov And Crew Of The 490Th Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Consolidated B-24 At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 17 March 1944.

Lt. Long And Crew Of The 612Th Bomb Squadron, 401St Bomb Group, Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 8 March 1945.

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

Lt. Denham And Crew Of The 452Nd Bomb Group, Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Big Noise Ii'. England, 27 May 1944.

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

Lt. Lowry And Crew Of The 359Th Bomb Squadron, 303Rd Bomb Group Based In England, Pose In Front Of A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 29 March 1945.

A Douglas C-47 Crew Of The 439Nd Troop Carrier Pose In Front Of Their Plane At An Airbase Somewhere In England. 9 July 1944.

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Stardust" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 3 May 1945.

Lt. Bradner And Crew Of The 381St Bomb Group Beside The Tail Of A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At 8Th Air Force Station 167, England. 19 June 1944. 532Nd Sq

A Crew Of The 379Th Bomb Group Poses Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 30 January 1944.

Crew Members Of The 410Th Bomb Group Pose Beside A Douglas A-20 Havoc At A 9Th Air Force Base In France.

Lt. Reese And Crew Of The 401St Bomb Group Beside A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 16 May 1944.

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

Crew Of The 92Nd Bomb Group Pose Beside Their Boeing B-17 At An Air Base Somewhere In England. 19 March 1945.

Lt. Martin And Crew Of The 575Th Bomb Squadron, Beside Martin B-26 Marauder 'Lady Chance'. 391St Bomb Group, England, 5 August 1944.

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