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[Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

410th Bomb Sq B-17

from SDASM Archives

  • TVL1970 said:
    Tail gunner Jerry McClure and ball turret gunner Dale Mummert standing beside Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, USAAF Ser. No. 42-3352, "Virgin's Delight." Neither would be aboard this aircraft when it was shot down and crashed into the North Sea on November 29, 1943, with the loss of nine of its ten crew. See: www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/6423

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-1

from The Library of Congress

  • 172 older comments, and then…
  • Sean said:
    Space Age Retro springs to mind
  • minions & myrmidons said:
    a most beautiful collection. i've just begun to look. thank you!
  • JJ San said:
    That's acrylic glass (plastic).
  • Chris Gruhl said:
    I love the home knit hair net that matches the outfit. Boy, talk about a different time!
  • Jonathan Braden said:
    My new desktop! Thank you for publishing these photos - keep them coming!