Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

1-2) 15th Air Force B-17 w/ Tail Stabilizer Shot Away
3-4) 379th Bomb Group B-17 (#42-39789) w/ Flak Damage to Tail
5-6) 398th Bomb Group B-17 (#43-38730) in Formation
7) 398th Bomb Group B-17 (#42-102593) on Mission
8-9) 94th Bomb Group B-17 (#42-30243; shot down 1943)
10) B-17 in Flight
11) 398th Bomb Group B-17 Readying for Take-Off
12-13) 398th Bomb Group B-17 Leaving Contrails in Sky
14-15) 398th Bomb Group B-17 Flying in Box Formation
16) Interior View of Nose Gunners Position on B-17
17-18) 398th Bomb Group B-17 Heading to Target
19-20) 92nd Bomb Group B-17 Leaving Contrails in Sky
21) 398th Bomb Group Airmen Receives Medal at Base by B-17

 

Interior

 

1-2) B-17 bombers in formation dropping bombs on target
3-4) 100th Bomb Group B-17 flying in German AA Flak
5-8) 381st Bomb Group B-17 (#42-31570)
9-10) US Pilots (Squadron Jackets) w/ ak damaged B-17 Tail Section
11) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 (#42-97557) crashed on airfield; 1944
12) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 (#42-107097) crashed on airfield; 1944
13) 384th Bomb Group B-17 dropping bombs on target

 

100th Bomb Group B-17 on mission, 1944.

 

401st Bomb Group
1) 43-37736,
2) 44-8033, 42-97780
8) 43-37706
13) 44-8228, 381st Bomb Group
14) 43-38738, 44-8708, bays open
19) 42-97872, crashed 9/17/44 KIA
22) 43-37510, MIA 8/8/44

 

401st Bomb Group
10) B-17 bomber plane returns to base - 11/30/44
11-12) Pilots & Crew
13-15) "BOCHE BUSTER"
16) Inside Nissan Hut photo lab with cameraman.
17) 401st Bomb Group - 614th Bombardment Squadron emblem art.
18) 401st Bomb Group - 613th Bombardment Squadron emblem art.
19) "LADY LUCK"
20) On runway. 42-31619 shot down 5/24/44
23) Pilots & Crew discuss mission details.

 

1-2) US airman painting nose art on B-17 "DUFFY'S TAVERN"
3) Princess ELIZABETH greets US B-17 "FOUR OF A KIND"
4-6) Aerial view 92nd Bomb Group B-17, #42-5793 "STINKY"

 

Aerial view of 100th Bomb Group B-17 bombers over KIEL, 1945.

 

1-2) B-17 heading for home with nose section shot off.
3-5) B-17 "SKY WOLF"
6) B-17 "WORRY BIRD"
7-8) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 (#42-37893) on mission.
9) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 dropping bombs on target.
10-11) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 on mission.
12-13) 398th Bomb Group aircrew posed by their B-17, 1943.

 

1) 398th Bomb Group B-17 (#43-38172) with nose section shot off
2) 390th Bomb Group B-17 (#43-38103); Shot Down 1945
3-4) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 crossing coast on mission
5-6) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 leaving contrails
7) B-17 on mission leaving contrails in the sky
8) 306th Bomb Group B-17 (#43-38916)

 

№ 44-83624 "Piccadilly Lily" буксируют по мосту через Mad River Bridge по направлению музею авиации USAF на базе ВВС Wright-Patterson, город Дейтон

 

1) US Aircrew posed on airfield by their B-17 bomber; 1944
2) US Airmen look at huge flak damage hole on B-17 bomber fuselage
3) 303rd Bomb Group ball turret gunner on B-17; 1943

 

3-4) 452nd Bomb Group
5) 305th Bomb Group
6) 1944
7-8) 96th Bomb Group
9) B-17 "JACK THE RIPPER" #41-24490, Shot Down 1944

 

B-17 Flying Fortress
1) "SHOO SHOO BABY"
2) "MY PRINCESS"

 

B-17G Flying Fortress flying over Central Florida after a simulated raid on a water target. From the original negative dated 15 April 1944.

 

1) 97th BG B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber plane "SILVER SHEEN" (42-97324)
2) 303rd BG parked B-17 bomber planes inside hangar(42-38050)
3) 303rd BG GIs work on B-17 bomber plane "SPECIAL DELIVERY"
4) 303rd BG GIs work on B-17 bomber plane "RISQUE GIRL"
5) 303rd BG AAF GIs work on B-17 bomber plane engine
6) B-17 bomber plane "HELLS ANGELS / BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

 

1) Douglas B-18 / B-17 Bombers - 1937 National Air Races
2) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - 1937 National Air Race
3) Douglas B-17 .30 Caliber Gun - 1937 National Air Races

 

Boeing YB-17, Douglas XB-19

 

1) Members of the flight and ground crews of a B-17 bomber named 'Honey Chile II' make adjustments to their plane prior to a mission. Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, 1942.
B-17F 42-31027 - later transferred to the RAF. Survived the war, scrapped Nov 1946.
2) Major Daniel F. Riva, 24, of Hartford, Conn., fortress squadron commander talking with one of his waist gunners S/Sgt. John Leahy, 20, of Norwood, Mass England.

 

1) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 bombers
2) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 bomber (#42-97256; Lost 1944)
3) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 bomber (#42-97283; Lost 1944)
4-5) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 bombers
6) 452nd Bomb Group B-17 bomber passing over ships
7) US Airmen bailing out of a B-17 bomber being shot down
8) B-17 bomber being shot down over Europe
9) 303rd Bomb Group B-17 bomber (#42-39785) w/ tail section shot away