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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft at Albuquerque Airport
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft at Albuquerque Airport
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft at Albuquerque Airport

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft at Albuquerque Airport

Photographer
Date1940
Locale
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (8.3 × 11.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John L. Fertig, Jr.
Terms
    Object numberPA1995.053.008
    DescriptionA few pepole are seen standing near a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at Albuquerque Airport. The B-17 Flying Fortress was used in WWII by the United States to bomb German military and industrial targets. It was the United States Air Force's most effective bombing aircraft in WWII. The negative for this print is at PA1993.001.048.
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