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Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress

Dateca. 1946
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 15/16 × 8 1/2 in. (17.6 × 21.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clark Speakman
Object numberPA1968.001.112
DescriptionA Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress is about to be cut up for scrap after World War II in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Its engines have been removed. In the center frame, there is a parked, partially disassembled four-engine bomber. All four engines are gone. A large crane to the right is in the process of salvaging the fuselage. It is holding a large piece of heavy rectangular steel plate above the plane. There is a man sitting inside the crane.
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