"Sweet Pea" 42-38078 2nd Bomb Group, 429th BS after direct hit by flak over Debreczen, Hungary. 21 September 1944 Amendola, Italy

"Sweet Pea" 42-38078 2nd Bomb Group, 429th BS after hit by flak, 21 September 1944 Amendola, Italy

2nd Bomb Group B-17 formation 1944

2nd Bombardment Group B-17G over target

301st BG, 352nd BS hero waist gunner Doremus in action 1943

32nd Bomb Squadron B-17s and B-18 lined up at Mitchel Field 1940

42-38078 "Sweet Pea" 2nd Bomb Group, 429th BS after direct hit by flak 2

463rd BG, 775th BS pilot Lt. Col. Frank Kurtz stands beside his wife Margo Kurtz as she prepares to break a bottle of champagne to christen the B-17G Swoose II 1944

Aircrew lined up in front of their B-17E

B-17 Drone making pass on U.S. Capital 44-45

B-17 of 8th AF destroyed by premature bomb detonation 1944

B-17 Waist Gunner of 8th AF 1944

B-17: control columns and instrument panel

B-17B 38-211 Wright Field

B-17B at March Field May 1940

B-17B BG11 of the 7th Bombardment Group January 1941 2

B-17B Boeing factory 27 July 1939

B-17B rear view

B-17C "7B52" of 7th BG and B-17B of 19th BG January 1941

B-17C at March Field 28 March 1941

B-17C from Materiel Division

B-17D 1941

B-17D 6 February 1941

B-17E 41-2432 "The Last Straw" of the 43rd BG, 63th Bombardment Squadron New Guinea 1943

B-17E 41-2443 in flight

B-17E 41-2599 1942

B-17E 41-2599 2

B-17E 41-2609 "Loose Goose" of the 63rd BS, 43rd BG SW Pacific 1942-43

B-17E 41-2609 "Loose Goose" of the 63rd BS, 43rd BG SW Pacific 1942-43 2

B-17E 41-2666 "Lucy" Pacific 1942-43

B-17E 41-9023 Yankee Doodle of the 97th Bomb Group, 414th BS

B-17E 41-9023 Yankee Doodle of the 97th Bomb Group, 414th BS

B-17E 41-9032 "My Gal Sal" of the 342nd BS, 97th BG makes a belly landing in Greenland

B-17E 41-9042 97th Bomb Group, 34th BS named "The Berlin Sleeper", England 1942

B-17E 41-9043 of the 97th Bombardment Group, 342nd BS "Peggy D"

B-17E Avenger of the 301st Bomb Group, 419th BS at Geiger Field 1942

B-17E converted into a weather ship and based in Newfoundland 19 April 1944

B-17E formation 1942

B-17E fuselage aft sections on assembly line at Boeing 1942

B-17E in flight

B-17E named "Dixie Demo" of the 414th BS, 97th Bomb Group at RAF Grafton Underwood 1942

B-17E named Gravy Train

B-17E named Phyllis

B-17E of the 301st Bomb Group at Geiger Field 1942

B-17E of the 36th Bomb Squadron and C-47s at Cold Bay 11 May 1942

B-17F 41-24386 Queen Bee-17 of the 301st BG, 353rd BS 1942/43

B-17F 41-24418 Special Delivery II of the 301st BG, 32nd BS over Tunisia 1943

B-17F 41-24537 Talisman of 5th AF 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Mareeba

B-17F 42-29513 named El Diablo of the 99th BG, 346th BS Africa 1943

B-17F 42-29526 Bugs of the 99th BG, 346th BS Africa 1943

B-17F 42-29526 Bugs of the 99th BG, 346th BS North Africa 1943

B-17F 42-29775 named Wongo of the 97th BG, 341st Bombardment Squadron

B-17F 42-30357 and 42-3392 bombers of the 301st Bombardment Group, 353rd BS

B-17F 42-30504 of the 301st Bomb Group, 419th Bombardment Squadron

B-17F 42-30705 Ther-N-Bak of the 414th BS, 97th BG South France 1944

B-17F named Martha 1943

B-17G 42-106991 99th BG, 347th Bombardment Squadron dropping bombs 1944

B-17G 42-107006 "Old Bird" of the 2nd BG, 96th BS in flight

B-17G 42-31473 of the 301st Bombardment Group, 353rd BS over Balkans April 1944

B-17G 42-32092 named Miss Natural of the 99th BG, 347th Bombardment Squadron

B-17G 42-38201 2nd Patches 346th BS, 99th Bombardment Group Italy 1944

B-17G 44-6542 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 429th Bombardment Squadron Italy

B-17G 44-8005 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th BG, Italy

B-17G 44-8020 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 49th BS in flight

B-17G 44-8191 of the 2nd Bomb Group, 429th BS 15th AF

B-17G named Buggs Bunny

B-17G nose

B-17G of the 463rd BG, 774th BS formation over Germany 1945. 44-6700

B-17G of the 99th Bombardment Group over Regensburg 20 January 1945

B-17G Radio Operator's compartment 1944

B-17G serial 44-8005 340th Bomb Squadron ,97th Bombardment Group

B-17s of 301st BG blast Messerschmitt factory near Vienna

B-17s on assembly line at Boeing Factory in Seattle 40

B-17s on final assembly floor at Boeing factory in Seattle 1940

B-17s over Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk 1939

Boeing B-17B

Boeing B-17D

Bomb Bay of Boeing Model 299

Bomb falling from B-17F 42-30705 of the 414th BS, 97th BG during raid on the German U-Boat pens at Toulon 1943

Captured Flying Fortress 42-30336 "Miss Nonalee II" 7-8 and Me 410 of ZG 26 Fassberg April 1944

Close-Up Shot of B-17G nose

Cockpit of a B-17G October 1944

Cockpit of a B-17G October 1944 2

Cockpit of a B-17G October 1944 4

Cockpit of Boeing Model 299

Crashed B-17

Crashed B-17G 2nd Bomb Group in Hungary

Crew loading bombs on B-17 at Guatemalan Bomber Command Station 1942

Crew loading bombs onto B-17

Crew loading supplies on B-17E "Bitch Kitty" on Guadalcanal 1942-43

Crew with B-17E Flying Fortress Geechee in North Africa 1943 2

Crew with B-17E Geechee in North Africa 1943

Crippled 8th AF B-17 in pattern over WC-54 Ambulances England 1944

Factory-fresh B-17B 19th Bombardment Group at March Field California November 1939

Factory-fresh B-17E

Firefighters working to save B-17 of 8th AF England 1944

following three B-17 mother ships during a test flight between Roswell New Mexico and Clovis New Mexico on 15 April 1946

Formation of Y1B-17 from 2nd Bombardment Group flying over New York 1938

German B-17 42-30146 "Down and Go"

German B-17 42-30146 "Down and Go" 2

German B-17F "Wulfe Hound" DL+XC 41-24585 2

German B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hound" DL+XC in Leeuwarden

Gunner climbs into B-17 Sperry ball turret 8th AF

Interior view of nose Boeing Model 299

Latino-American Waist Gunner T/Sgt Mexico Barraza of 8th AF 1944

Lifeboat under SB-17G 42-97825 1944

Low flying B-17E 41-2557 of the 5th BG, 13th AF during patrol over the Pacific 42

Lt Barthelmess B-17E lands safely at Hickam during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Marines march past B-17E "Zero Six Zero" 41-9060 of 11th BG and "Boomerang" 41-9059 of the 5th BG on Guadalcanal 1942

Mechanic uses British lifting bag to work on B-17 of 8th AF 1943

Mechanics overhaul B-17 of the 19th BG in Australia 1942

Merseburg/Leuna bombing 21 December 1944

Nose turret of Boeing Model 299

Ordnance men load bombs on 19th BG B-17s at March Field 1941

Prototype Boeing 299 NX13372 at Wright Field

Radio compartment Boeing Model 299 24 July 1935

Schweinfurt Regensburg Bombing Mission B-17 August 1943 3

Schweinfurt Regensburg Bombing Mission B-17 August 1943 33

Tail gunner behind .50 Caliber Machine Guns on B-17E

US Airmen looking over their crashed B-17G

View thru bomb bay as ground crew loads bombs on B-17

Waist blister of Boeing Model 299

XC-108 41-2593 for General MacArthur November 1943

Y1B-17 "80" of the 49th Bomb Squadron Selfridge Field 1939

Y1B-17 36-161 96th BS over New York City

Y1B-17 in Hawaii

Y1B-17 of the 20th BS, 2nd Bombardment Group Langley Field 1937

Y1B-17 over Mt Ranier

Y1B-17 over Wright Field

Y1B-17 Seattle

Y1B-17A "BB50" 2nd BG, 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 37

Y1B-17A 37-369

Y1B-17A 37-369 over Seattle October 1938

Y1B-17A in flight

Y1B-17A of 96th Bomb Squadron, 2nd BG at Langley Field 11 March 1937

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 6

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 8

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 cockpit

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 nose

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 nose

Y1B-17A of 96th BS at Langley Field 11 March 1937 nose 3