warrior

I'm going to presume this image is mis-titled, and that this is a YB-17 pilot.

I thought that by 1942 they were calling them B-17's and had dropped the "Y" bit but I guess not?

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.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called American Soldiers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Wow ! He looks so confident and determined.

Frederick Vanderbilt's steam yacht, "The Warrior," struck a rock off Cape Augusta on the east coast of Colombia, but the crew was uninjured and the yacht was not leaking. It had been pulled into safer waters, according to a short news item several weeks later, in the New York Times, February 24, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9402E0D91730E7...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_Vanderbilt

Thanks Wystan, for the link to the article. I don't know if we can nail down the date for this photo, but we can certainly do better with a caption title. We'll make the changes next time we update the record.

Very strong image!

BIG fave! What a handsome fellow!

Perfect photo! Very cool!

His piercing eyes and his youth are striking. I wonder what happened to the poor young fellow?

After a lot of years, I can watch an excelent portrait that it could do it with very simples cameras. The expression is magnific. How could be his future then this shot ?