FRE 4426
IMAGECivillians repair a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group. The original MoI caption: 'British civilians repair a Flying Fortress somewhere in England. They have over two years' experience in assembling and repairing Lend-Lease American aircraft; today their labour and vast depot fully equipped down to the last telephone and canteen knife and fork has been given to the American Command in Britain by the British Government as Reciprocal Aid.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Revisions
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ContributorPaul Bellamy
Sources
Serial number visible on tail checked against fuselage code: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/404