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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia checks over a propeller adjustment job his soldier-mechanics have just made on a big YB-17 bomber

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia checks over a propeller adjustment job his soldier-mechanics have just made on a big YB-17 bomber

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A lieutenant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia checks his instruments before taking off in a mighty YB-17 bomber on which he is co-pilot

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted against the dawn, a soldier of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia keeps faithful watch over a giant YB-17 bomber.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. A master sergeant of a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia checks over a propeller adjustment job his soldier-mechanics have just made on a big YB-17 bomber

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun

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Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the air corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that it ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against Germany. The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japan.

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virginia langley field safety film negatives langley field yb bombardment bombardment squadron nose bomber sergeant gun bombers machine gun yb 17 yb 17 bomber ww2 1940s 40s united states history 1940 s library of congress
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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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langley field
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virginia langley field safety film negatives langley field yb bombardment bombardment squadron nose bomber sergeant gun bombers machine gun yb 17 yb 17 bomber ww2 1940s 40s united states history 1940 s library of congress