- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Date of Original:
- 1942
- Subject:
- B-17 bomber
Airplanes
Flight
Boeing bombers
Boeing airplanes
Bombers
Clouds
Airplanes, Military
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- By August 1942 the Mighty Eighth Air Force was flying missions in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
Photograph of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. By August 1942 the Mighty Eighth Air Force was flying missions in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
The Eighth Air Force was organized in Savannah, Georgia on January 28, 1942. The largest force of its kind at the time, the Mighty Eighth comprised forty-eight bomber groups, twenty-one fighter groups, and three photo reconnaissance groups. Each of these groups, in turn, were composed of a number of squadrons. Later in 1942 the Eighth's headquarters, as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), moved to England, where its base of operations remained until the war's end in 1945. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/mighty-eighth-air-force-museum/m-7691/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Family of Lt. Patrick A. Walls
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/mighty-eighth-air-force-museum
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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