langleyfield

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Hangar at Langley field (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2018
Boeing Y1B-17, 20th BS, 2nd BG, Langley Field, 1937 from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2013
Jack Herd Special Collection Photo Virginia from SDASM Archives uploaded October 2012
12-Foot Free-Flight Wind Tunnel from NASA on The Commons uploaded December 2010
Ryan00648 from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2010
Lindbergh, Charles from SDASM Archives uploaded June 2010
Keystone : Pathfinder from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2010
A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, Langley Field, Va. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron, just before he climbs aboard his huge YN-17 bombing plane (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Sunset silhouette of flying fortress, Langley Field, Va. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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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)

from The Library of Congress

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.

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Gerry Asher said:
It's a Y1B-17 engine - the airplane appears elsewhere in this photostream at Langley Field, July 1942.

The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron, just before he climbs aboard his huge YN-17 bombing plane (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
I'm going to presume this image is mis-titled, and that this is a YB-17 pilot.
perfgeek said:
I thought that by 1942 they were calling them B-17's and had dropped the "Y" bit but I guess not?
Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
These photos were taken at Langley Field, where the first dozen YB-17s were delivered (in 1937) and test flown by the 2nd Bombardment Group (of which this guy is a member, presumably). I have no reason to believe that the designation being used here isn't correct, as I haven't found any record of the YB-17s being taken out of service. Even by 1942 I can't see why they wouldn't still use the YB-17s for anti-submarine warfare, which the primary mission of the 2nd until they transferred to North Africa in October of 1942.
invincible dinner said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called American Soldiers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Shouvik Roy said:
Wow ! He looks so confident and determined.