Captions by Stephen Sherman
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B-17F Tail #124523. Note 1942-43 USAAC simple roundel. This airplane, "Li'l Audrey/Snooks," of the 91st Bomb Group, collided with another B-17 over the English Channel on Aug 31 1943. MACR 563. 10 KIA. More at 323rd website. |
B-17G Flying Fortress Tail #238091 flying over water; Note 1943 red-border USAAF roundel on left wing. This airpane, serial #42-38091, was built by Douglas at Long Beach, California, block B-17G-30-DL. |
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B-17 in flight over town and farmland. Note unusual white-bordered (or possibly yellow-bordered) roundel. |
B-17 Engine Change Six engines being serviced in foreground. The L-triangle tail marking identifies the 381st Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force. The 381st was based at Ridgewell Airfield in Essex. |
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B-17G of the 384th BG 546th Squadron, indicated by the Triangle-P tail marking and BKJ fuselage marking. Serial #44-6882, "Boomerang." More at the 384th BG site. |
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Boeing B-17F flying over airfield. Tail #1-24639, "Careful Virgin" of the 323rd Bomb Group, 91st BG. Later used in Aphrodite mission. Launched against V-1 site at Pas-de-Calais, but impacted short of target. |
B-17E , Alabama Exterminator II, on ground, clouds behind. Tail #1-9022. Assigned to 97th BG, crashed in Greenland Jun 27, 1942. |
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B-24E Liberator. Tail #1-28411 identifies this as a Douglas-Tulsa aircraft, Block B-24E-1-DT. |
B-24 Maintenance at Laredo airfield, Texas, 1944. |
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B-29 Superfortress Tail #2-24638 identifies this as a Block B-29-40-BW, probably assigned to 497th, 498th, or 497th BG. |
XB-15 Super Flying Fortress |
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B-29s in flight over desert |
group of people by B-29 Superfortress, mountains in background |
XB-36 Compared to B-29 |
Consolidated Vulteee XB-36. Serial #42-13570 identifies this aircraft, as it was the first (and only) XB-36; it was completed at the Consolidated Fort Worth factory in late 1945. The airframe was converted to YB-36A in 1948. |
B-36, crews, and vehicles lined up for inspection. |
First Photo of Douglas B-19 |
B-32 Dominator |
XB-15 |
Super Flying Fortress |
B-15 Lands in Panama |
B-19 Landing |
XB-19 Soars over the Clouds |
All images courtesy of Air Force Historical Research Agency