Woman at work on motor, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.
Summary
Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, 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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Date
01/01/1939
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
Location
Long Beach, 33.76696, -118.18923
Source
Library of Congress
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