Boeing B-17 Images

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Hell's Kitchen" and officer personnel. South Pacific Area.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses", parked in a dispersal area at an Air Force base in the SOlomon Island Area, are loaded with bombs in preperation for a striking mission against the Japs.

A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an Army Air base in the Solomon Islands, stands ready to have bombs loaded aboard. Note the interlocking steel strips that form a runway surface ideally suited for these heavy bombers

A heavy concentration of Jap vessels at Rabaul, New Britain was surprised and dispersed by a squadron of US Air Force bombers in January 1943. The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses", loaded with bombs for the Japs, speed through cloud-speckled skies over the sout

Standing under the nose of their FLying Fortress, these two men of the ground crew pause to pose for the Army photograhper in the South Pacific. These men are extremely pround of their planes and their victories. Note the string of shells for the machine gun i

Pictured taking off from an Army Air Base in the South Pacific is the famous Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress which is used in the Solomon area for reconnaissance as well as a heavy bomber.

Air Corps Supply, 29th Air Service Group. Side view of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in which there are 158 bullet holes

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 6Th Emergency Reserve Squadron Equipped With Radar Unit. Notice The Attached Rescue Boat, Used To Rescue Crews Shot Down At Sea. Florida Blanca Airstrip, Luzon, Philippine Islands - 27 June 1945.

A Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" is repaired by members of the 27th Air Depot Group at the Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea

This is the Boeing B-17, the men and the equipment which took part in the flight to move artillery by air. The plane carried a load which consisted of: one 105mm howitzer complete, twenty five rounds of ammunition, one tractor and the eight man gun crew with complete field equipment, also the normal plane crew.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Parked In A Revetment At An Airfield Near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 1 November 1942.

Lt. General George Kenny's plane, the Boeing B-17 "Sally", was the only Flying Fortress in New Guinea with its natural aluminum finish. Port Moresby, New Guinea. 20 March 1943.

The Boeing B-17 "TALISMAN" warms up prior to take off from Jackson's Drome, Port Moresby, New Guinea. This plane carried General MacArthur to and from the battle zones in New Guinea. 5 September 1943.

Entire Crew Of A Boeing B-17, 64Th Bomb Squadron, 43Rd Bomb Group, Is Shown In Front Of Their Plane At An Airfield, Mareeba, Australia After Returning From A Mission. 17 November 1942.

These Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" will take aboard this bomb load and a short while later drop them on the Japs in the Solomon Islands

Crew of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in New Guinea.

Australia - Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney, Commanding General Of The 5Th Air Force, In The Cockpit Of A Boeing B-17.

Headquarters clerk at Hickam Field, HAwaii, takes time out from his duties to keep in fighting trim. Here, standing beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress", he relaxes for a few minutes, with his rifle butte resting on the ground, before resuming rifle practice.

Boeing B-17 with over 200 missions. Hickam Field

An Air Force officer stands beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" which has flown over 200 missions. Note the markings on the nose of the plane. Hickam Field, Hawaii.

A photographer in the cockpit of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress en route to target framed this photograph of the plane's No. 3 and No. 4 engines. This "Flying Fortress" is based at Hickam Field, Hawaii. 30 January 1942.

Sgt. Edward Hakes, bombardier, at his position in a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortess". Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii