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B-17F Berlin Sleeper II of the 97th Bomb Group with her crew after 100 missions
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B-17F Berlin Sleeper II of the 97th Bomb Group with her crew after 100 missions
B-17F Sweet Chariot, 97th Bomb Group
B-17E Hangar Queen and her crew at Grafton Underwood, likely August 1942. The aircraft would participate in the first American B-17 raid on the continent on 17 August 1942, bombing the rail yards at Rouen. On 18 August the 97th Bomb Group would trade their B-17Es for brand new B-17Fs and Hangar Queen would be relegated to rear area duties for the rest of the war.
Ground crew refuel Yankee Doodle of the 97th Bomb Group after a mission over Rouen, August 1942
Ground crew work on Stinky of the 97th Bomb Group at Grafton Underwood, August 1942
Idiot's Delight of the 97th Bomb Group comes in for a landing, 26 May 1944
A B-17 of the 97th Bomb Group returns from a mission over Rouen, 18 August 1942
97th Bomb Group B-17Fs approach the French coastline during a raid on the submarine pens at Toulon, 1943