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B-17 part 2

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: Pilot chalks message on bomb as crewmen load B-17

: Flying Fortress 41-9122 “Eager Beavers” of the 11th Bomb Group, 42nd BS on Guadalcanal 1942

: B-17D and B-17E in flight 1942

: ground crew loading 12,7 mm ammo in ball turret of Boeing B-17 England 1942

: B-17F 41-24457 “The Aztec’s Curse” of the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands – PTO 1942

: B-17E Flying Fortress of the 97th BG, 342nd Bomb Squadron – crew prepares for mission August 1942

: Crew with B-17E Flying Fortress “Chief Seattle” 41-2656 of the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron at 7 Mile Drome near Port Moresby

: Natives help B-17 crew forced down after Rabaul Raid

: Crew of 92nd Bomb Group loading bombs on B-17F 41-9148 “Boomerang”

: Crew stands with B-17E “Tokyo Special” 1942

: B-17F’s of the 26th Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group, enroute to raid on Buka airfield and Shortland Harbor on Bougainville

: B-17F bombers – Boeing Factory Seattle 1942

: B-17D Flying Fortress of the 19th Bomb Group being loaded with 100 and 500lb bombs 1942

: Ground crew loading bombs on B-17E in Australia

: B-17E Flying Fortress in Australia, May 1942

: US and Australian crew refuelling Boeing B-17E in Australia 1942

: Crew loading 500 lb bombs on B-17E Flying Fortress in Australia 1942

: Maintenance crew working on Boeing B-17F 41-24353 “Cap’n & The Kids” of the 63rd Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Australia 1943

: Waist gunner mans .50 caliber (12,7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun on B-17C Flying Fortress

: Boeing B-17 waist gunners at their stations

: Y1B-17A teardrop waist 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun mount

: Waist gunners demonstrate flak jackets on Boeing B-17

: Waist gunner mans M2 Browning machine gun aboard Boeing B-17

: Waist gunner readying his .50 caliber (12,7 mm) machine gun aboard B-17 Flying Fortress

: Damaged during mission to Oschersleben B-17G Flying Fortress 42-31178 “Buckeye Boomerang” of the 401st BS, 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn 1944

: Battle damaged B-17G 42-39867 “Hang the Expense III aka Boeing Belle” of 100th BG. 24 January 1944

: Damaged B-17G 43-37853 “Leading Lady” of the 452nd Bomb Group, 729th BS. 31 December 1944

: Boeing B-17 385th Bomb Group damaged after Schweinfurt Raid 1943

: B-17G serial 42-107073 “Silver Shed House” from 452nd Bomb Group, 5 September 1944

: Flak damaged Boeing B-17G 44-8811 of the 398th BG, 600th Bomb Squadron, April 1945

: Battle damaged B-17G from 379th Bomb Group, June 1944

: Crash landed Boeing B-17G 42-107091 “Forbidden Fruit” of the 452nd Bomb Group, 728th BS – Deopham Green, May 1944

: B-17 Flying Fortress and P-51Mustang code B3+W of the 363rd Fighter Group, 381st Fighter Squadron

: German B-17F “Wulfe Hound” DL+XC 41-24585

: Boeing B-17G-50-BO “LITTLE KENNY” SO+O 42-102459, Dropping Bombs 384 Bomb Group 547 Bomb Squadron

: B-17F bombers 8AF 1943

: captured B-17F Flying Fortress

: Boeing B-17G-35-DL 42-107083 BK-B of the 384th Bomb Group, 546th BS 1944

: Crew and B-17G Bomber

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 401 Bomb Group 615 BS “Little Boots” 42-31193 IY+B

: Crew and Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group with itsbomb doors open

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation 384th Bomb Group

: B-17F Flying Fortress Pacific

: Fortresses in flight: 384 Bomb Group 546 BS BK+J 42-107121 “Kentucky Colonel”; 544 BS SU+A 43-38062 “Pleasure Bent”

: Cockpit of B-17 Flying Fortress PTO

: Y1B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Prototype 1937

: Boeing B-17F flying over Tunisia

: B-17 Crew Nose Art “Honeysuckle Rose”

: Boeing B-17F-80-BO Flying Fortress, of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379ht Bomb Group 42-29772 1944

: B-17 Flying Fortress landing gear

: B-17 Flying Fortress tail

: B-17 Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group 406 squadron NLS

: B-17 Flying Fortress Group Dropping Bomb On Germany

: Boeing B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress Bomber 42-5368

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “EVE”

: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight

: Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress – SAR variant

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron, code BN+D. It’s carries group triangle C tail markings on the tail.

: B-17G bombers of the 452nd Bomb Group in flight

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron, 42-97597 April 1944

: B-17F Flying Fortress 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 42-5838, MAD MONEY II crew

: B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers 384th Bomb Group

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress bomber TRAIL BLAZER crew

: B-17F Flying Fortress in flight 384th Bomb Group

: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on Mission 384th Bomb Group

: Crashed Boeing Y1B-17 Bomber

: Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress bomber 42-102661 “BIG DOG” of the 384th Bomb Group 544th Squadron

: Crash Landed 384th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress in Field

: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st BG 324 Bomb Squadron, code DF+P Belgium

: B-17 Bombers on Airfield RIDGEWELL England 1944 381st Bomb Group

: B-17G-55-DL Flying Fortress 44-6591 “Incendiary Blonde” of the 91st BG, 322nd BS

: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at airfield

: Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber “CAROL JANE” nose art

: Crashed B-17G 384 Bomb Group

: B-17G Flying Fortress of the 384th Bomb

: B-17 Flying Fortress of the 486th Bomb Group

: B-17F Flying Fortress Bomber “LITTLE BILL” of the 97th Bombardment Group, 414th Bom Squadron Africa

: Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 43-37844 of 91th BG. Nose Art “Yankee Gal”, Crew And Jeep

: Boeing B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 384th Bomb Group 547th BS “PARKERSS MADHOUSE” 43-37990 SO+G

: B-17 Flying Fortress Group Heading To Target

: B-17F Flying Fortress PTO

: B-17G Bombers Dropping Bombs Thru Flak Bursts 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

: B-17G Flying Fortress bomber of 384th Bomb Group

: SAR Boeing SB-17G

: B-17 Flying Fortress formation over countryside 384th Bomb Group

: Officer Gives Speech by B-17G of the 381st Bomb Group

: Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress 41-24440 “I Got Spurs” 3rd Bomb Group 15th BS

: Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress

: B-17G Flying Fortress 2nd Bomb Group Italy

: Boeing B-17G-80-BO Flying Fortress “Huckleberry Duck” of the 490th BG Dropping Bombs On Target

: Decorated 384th Bomb Group B-17 crew 1943

: B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 Flying Fortress of 490th Bomb Group Over Bielefeld Germany

: B-17G Flying Fortress bomber “LADY” crew

: B-17 Flying Fortress 403

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers flying over countryside 384 Bomb Group

: Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

: B-17 Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of 384th Bomb Group 2

: B-17F Flying Fortress “Shack Bunny” of the 385th Bomb Group, 551st Bomb Squadron

: B-17G Flying Fortress at airfield, 457th Bomb Group

: B-17G Bomber of 384th Bomb Group

: Boeing Flying Fortress 42-102554, of the 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron, code BX+K, crashed near Amersfoort 1944

: Damaged B-17 Flying Fortress 8AF

: B-17G Flying Fortress “The PRO KID” of the 384th Bomb Group 545h Bomb Squadron

: B-17G Flying Fortress “Alfred”

: B-17 Flying Fortress Dropping Bombs In Heavy Cloud Cover 384th BG

: B-17G Flying Fortress Bombers of 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 Flying Fortress bomber

: B-17G Flying Fortress “Flak Dodger” 457th BG 750th BS 42-97075

: B-17 Bomber Going Down 490th Bomb Group Monheim Germany

: B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group 331st BS Gang Hole Gertie

: Boeing B-17B

: Boeing B-17G-40-BO Flying Fortress 42-97061 “General Ike” of the 91st BG, 401st BS

: Boeing B-17G-1-BO Flying Fortress 384th Bomb Group, 545th BS 42-31048 in flight

: B-17F Flying Fortres “Slo Jo” Nose Art of the 385th Bomb Group, 550th Bomb Squadron 1943

: B-17G-5-VE Flying Fortres of the 551st BS 385th Bomb Group, 1944 42-39951

: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron crews and B-17G “Sky Chief” 1944

: B-17G-60-BO 42-102954 of the 457th Bombardment Group, 748 BS , Glatton 1944

: Radio Or Navigator In B-17 Flying Fortress Pacific

: Boeing B-17G-30-BO Fortress Damaged 42-31826 Italy

: B-17 Flying Fortres 447th Bomb Group 41-9086

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation 384th Bomb Group 2

: B-17G 84th Bomb Group Over ORANIENBURG Germany

: B-17 Bomber crew

: B-17G Flying Fortress bomber “TRAIL BLAZER” crew

: B-17G Flying Fortress 379th Bomb Group 8AF

: B-17 crew England ETO

: B-17F Flying Fortress nose art

: B-17 Flying Fortress New Guinea

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers squadron over Freckenhorst Germany 23 March 1944

: Capt Jay Zeamer MOH crew 43rd BG by B-17E Flying Fortress

: 305th Bomb Group B-17F Flying Fortress fire at Chelveston England August 1943 airfield

: B-17 Flying Fortress releasing bombs over Berlin 384th BG 22 March 1944

: Crew and B-17G Flying Fortress bomber

: 384th Bomb Group B-17G bombers flying over coast

: 306th Bomb Group Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress crew returns from Frankfurt 1944

: B-17 Flying Fortress nose art stork carrying bomb

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers over Erkner Germany 6 March 1944

: 305th Bomb Group 364th BS B-17F Flying Fortress fire at Chelveston England August 1943

: 384th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress bombers formation

: Wreck of 381st Bomb Group B-17G Flying Fortress England March 1944

: 305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 right wing

: 305th Bomb Group Boeing B-17F-55-BO Fortress Fire at Chelveston England August 1943 42-29508

: B-17 Flying Fortress bombers above the clouds over Germany 28 July 1944

: B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and cameraman

: US aircrew posed in front of their B-17F bomber

: Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress Bomber 42-31909 “Nine ‘O Nine” of the 91st Bomb Group 329th BS

: 385th Bomb Group B-17F Flying Fortress bomber in flight 1943

: 305th Bomb Group B-17F Fire at Chelveston England August 1943

: B-17G Flying Fortress bombers of the 384th Bomb Group, code BK+J (42-107121, 546 squadron) and SU-A (544 squadron).

: B-17G Flying Fortress #2783 and crew

: B-17 42-31540 Flying Fortress Miss Donna Mae II of 94th BG, 331st BS downed by friendly bombs

: B-17F bombers in flight 384 Bomb Group

: B-17F Flying Fortress on airfield

: Crew posed in front of their B-17 Bomber

: B-17G Flying Fortress 43-37555 from 390th Bomb Group Nose Art “The Jeannie Bee”

: Boeing B-17G-20-BO Flying Fortress 42-31614 of the 381st BG, 533rd BS, nose art “Minnie the Mermaid”

: Boeing B-17G-15-DL Fortress 42-37806 “Starks Ark” of the 390th Bomb Group 571st BS Nose Art and Crew Photo

: Boeing B-17F-70-BO Flying Fortress 42-29768 of the 384th Bomb Group 547th BS, “WINSOME WINN II” England 1943

: B-17G-45-VE Flying Fortress 44-8007, code JD-Z of the 384th Bomb Group 545th bomb squadron “SCREAMING EAGLE”

: B-17F Flying Fortress in flight 384th Bomb Group

: B-17G of 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron heavy flak damage

: B-17G Flying Fortress of 384th Bomb Group

: Boeing B-17G-35-BO Flying Fortress 42-32076 “Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby” of the 91st Bomb Group 401st BS

: Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress 41-24605 303rd Bomb Group 359th BS “Knock Out Dropper” Molesworth England 1943

: Mechanic servicing top turret on B-17 bomber

: B-17G Flying Fortress of the 490th Bomb Group, 851st bomb Squadron. “Carolina Moon” nose art

: B-17E Flying Fortress american heavy bomber

: Boeing B-17F-65-BO Flying Fortress 42-29728 “El Rauncho” of the 384th Bomb Group 544th BS. 17 August 1943 after Schweinfurt raid.

: B-17C Flying Fortress destroyed at Pearl Harbor 1941

: B-17F landing 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 5th Air Force in Australia 1942 43

: B-17F-75-DL Flying Fortress 42-3555 of 8th Air Force 388th Bomb Group 560th BS. Nose Art “Tiger Girl” Shark mouth.

: B-17 Flying Fortress Jack the Ripper

: B-17 0695 used in training

: B-17 Flying Fortress used in training

: Mechanics changing tail wheel on B-17 Bomber 385th Bomb Group

: B-17G-50-DL 44-6379 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th BS 1944

: B-17F bombers in flight 384th Bomb Group

: B-17F in flight 384th Bomb Group

: B-17 of the 490th BG and Flak over Target

: B-17G Flying Fortress carrying flying bombs

: Boeing B-17G-75-BO 43-38072 of the 490th BG, 850th Bomb Squadron

: Boeing B-17F-20-BO Flying Fortress 41-24529 Crashed in Field, 384th Bomb Group 546th BS. October 1943

: Boeing B-17F-115-BO Flying Fortress 42-30631 with chin turret

: Boeing B-17F-30-VE of the 100th Bomb Group, 350 BS “Alice from Dallas” 42-5867 Warnemunde raid 29 July 1943

: Mechanic servicing engine on B-17 Bomber

: B-17G Flying Fortress of the 490th bomb group, 850th Bomb Squadron, 42-98017, dropping bombs on target

: B-17G Flying Fortress carrying Loon flying bombs 43-39119

: USAAF crew posed in front of their B-17G Bomber

One of the most famous bombers of all time, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).
Powerplant: four Wright Cyclone R-1820 turbosupercharged radial engines. Total production: 12731 aircrafts.