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IMAGE![Surplus B-17 Flying Fortresses, including 452nd Bomb Group aircraft, at Kingman airbase in Arizona after the end of the war. Handwritten on slide casing: '452nd B.G., P/W[post-war].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/wysiwyg_x2/public/freeman/media-458267.jpg.webp?itok=ayaoECna)
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Surplus B-17 Flying Fortresses, including 452nd Bomb Group aircraft, at Kingman airbase in Arizona after the end of the war. Handwritten on slide casing: '452nd B.G., P/W[post-war].' Photographed by Jerry McLain in 1947.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources
Photographer identified by John C Szabo of http://www.depot41.com/ who says 'Jerry McLain (now deceased) contributed the 1947 issue of Arizona Highways that ran an article on the planes at Kingman, and he's another of the few to capture the subject in color.'