Air crew and ground crew pose in front of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ‘Ole’ Miss Destry of the 366th BS, 305th BG in July 1944 in England. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress returns from a mission over Trondheim, Norway with an engine smoking due to flak hits. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A B-17 Flying Fortress, B-29 Superfortress, and B-52 Stratofortress fly past in formation at the 2017 Barksdale Air Force Base Airshow. (U.S. Air Force Photograph, Sr Airman Curt Beach.)
A newly built B-17 Flying Fortress sits on Boeing’s airfield in Seattle awaiting flight tests. (Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.)
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Dog Breath” of the 452nd Bomb Group receives a touchup on its nose art in England in April 1944. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
A group of senior pilots pose in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress from the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group at Alconbury Airfield in June 1943. (U.S. Army Air Forces Photograph.)
The famous B-17 “Memphis Belle” visits NACA in 1943 after her return to the United States. (NASA Photograph.)
A new B-17F Flying Fortress bomber warms up its engines at Boeing’s factory in Seattle as it prepares for a flight test. (Library of Congress Photograph.)
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 92nd Bomb Group at RAF Podington. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)
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