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• boeing
• b17
• flyingfortress
• aviation
• aircraft
• airplane
• bomber
• militaryaviation
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• boeingb17
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• libraryofcongress
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• langleyfield
• virginia
• war
• military
• wwii
• worldwarii
• ww2

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• The Library of Congress 7 photos & illustrations

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Sunset silhouette of flying fortress, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 6 older comments, and then…
• bi711247 said:

  Stunning

• John Ellis said:

  For aircraft fans, the images just cannot get any better than this!

• Steve Crane said:

  Beautiful.

• perfgeek said:

  Looks like an early one, from before they augmented the tail assembly.

• last crate said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mal's Best of the Best, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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.

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

• perfgeek said:

  While we see only three of the four ostensibly warmed-up engines, it is clear that at least one of them - starboard inboard - isn't running at all... :) Looks like an A-20 in the background on the right - not sure what is in the background on the left - a Ventura perhaps?

• 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.

• antwharrington said:

  Interesting shot, I never realised that any YB17's remained in service during the war years. Interesting to see that nose turret arrangement. The aircraft to the left is a Douglas B18 Bolo, a bomber based on the DC-2 transport aircraft. The B17 and B18 were designed to the same specification, so it's interesting to see the two in the same shot.