Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty Boeing YB-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, in Langley Field, Virginia, in May of 1942.

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Here's our mission. A combat crew receives final instructions just before taking off in a mighty Boeing YB-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber from a bombardment squadron base at the field, in Langley Field, Virginia, in May of 1942.

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Photo credit: © PF-(aircraft) / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: aircraft, airforce, airplane, aviation, fly, jet, plane