Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers
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Description
View of two Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. Three men stand on runway. Label on back: "A familiar sight at the Boeing Aircraft Co. in Seattle as a new Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress roars overhead on a delivery flight to an Air Forces base. The other Fortress in the foreground awaits a final check flight. Powered by four turbo-supercharged Wright engines, the B-17E boasts many refinements over earlier Flying Fortresses." Handwritten on back: " Aircraft in action."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032540
- Subject:
- B-17 bomber
- Boeing bombers
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Aircraft in action, 85:11
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.