Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - USA

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B-17s were used by the US Eighth Air Force based in the UK, to bombard German targets in Europe during daylight hours a method which resulted initially in very heavy losses.
"The Veterans" above is by aviation artist Ed Markham
was accepted in the Harley Davidson Cooperative Archives.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - USA
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B-17s were used by the US Eighth Air Force based in the UK, to bombard German targets in Europe during daylight hours a method which resulted initially in very heavy losses. "The Veterans" above is by aviation artist Ed Markham was accepted in the Harley Davidson Cooperative Archives.
Model Available from Aviation Models
© The Aviation History On-Line Museum. 2006 All rights reserved.