FRE 10145
IMAGE15th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses on their way home after attacking the Turin ball bearing plants on the 24th of July 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-97914 : 301BG.' Printed caption on reverse: '53327 AC - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th Air Force based in Italy glitter in the sun as they wing their way homeward after attacking the Turin, Orbassana ball bearing works, Italy, on the 24th of July 1944. Target was well covered with bomb bursts. U.S. Air Force Photo.' On reverse: US Air Force 1361st Photographic Squadron AAVS (MAC) Photo [Stamps].
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress