Boeing Flying Fortresses. Guns bristling from turrets, these huge Boeing B-17Es are seen cruising high above the clouds. Described by the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any previous Flying Fortress, this plane marks the seventh Boeing B-17 type built for the Army since 1935. Armament includes heavy caliber power turrets on top and bottom of the all-metal fuselage, a deadly tail "stinger" turret, and side-mounted guns. These airplanes have been active in the Far East since Pearl Harbor, and are now serving the cause of the United Nations in every part of the world
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Annotation on negative.
Image source: Boeing Aircraft photo from OWI.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
DDE: check lot card for additional information.
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1740.
Tags
safety film negatives
lot 3462
united states office of war information
photo
turrets
fortresses
guns
caliber power turrets
war department
plane marks
b 17 type
all metal fuselage
far east
pearl harbor
office of war information
farm security administration
airplane
aircraft
1940s aircrafts
boeinng aircrafts
public domain aircraft photos
boeing aircrafts
1940 s
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain