boeingyb17flyingfortress

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Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it (LOC)

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  • ad hoc paper said:
    "Hitler would like this man to go home" "A good American non-com" " man who knows his business and works hard at it" What a crap.

One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off (LOC)

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  • perfgeek said:
    Was it really still being called the YB-17 in 1942?
  • Szmytke said:
    It would be specific to the aircraft in this pic which is a Y1B-17, identifiable by the visible lack of armament, bubble blister in the nose glazing, no dorsal or ventral turrets. It could be a 17or 17B , the only difference is turbochargers, so I suspect this is an non turbocharged aircraft
  • Szmytke said:
    Twelve Y1B-17 were delivered between January and August 1937, equiping the USAAC's 2nd Bombardment Group at Langley Field, Virginia. The 13th test bed model was redesignated Y1B-17A and provided with GR-1820-51 engines with General Electric turbocharger (supercharger powered by a turbine driven by exhaust gas). It flew for the first time on 29 April 1938 and subsequent testing gave proof of the superiority of the supercharged engine over normally aspirated ones and such engines were to become standard. The YB-17's were designated B-17 by the 2nd Bombardment group at this point. There was great political tension between the Army and the Navy at this point after the interception of the Italian liner "Rex" which goes a long way to explaining why the USAAC had only 30 on the books when war broke out in Europe. The order for Y1B-17 was followed by a contract for 39 B-17B's (same as the turbocharged Y1B-17A) which were all delivered by March 1940. The B-17C, with uprated R-1820-65 engines and an increase from 5 to 7 guns were first ordered in 1939, and the first of 38 models flew in July 1940.
  • Mitchel25J (69 plus million Views Thank You ) said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called B-17 Flying Fortress, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

[U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in front of a YB-17 bombing airplane, probably Langley field, Virginia] (LOC)

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  • Gerry Asher said:
    NOT USMC - He's Army Air Forces (winged prop device on collar), and that's a Y1B-17 behind him - probably taken at Langley Field - check out other related photos in this thread.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    g. asher: Thanks for the information! We’ll look into it.
  • Scott Kraft said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Goggles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • TheConnCave said:
    I agree - obvious Army pilot from the Langley shoot. The shot just got dropped into the Parris Island folder at the time.
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    g.asher and TheConnCave: Thanks for your observations. It does seem this gentleman was wrongly identified as a Marine pilot, when he is USAAF. He is also featured in this photo elsewhere in the collection. We will make the changes when we update this record.