<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17" class="extiw" title="en:Boeing B-17">B-17G-25-DL Fortress</a> "Queen Bea" of the 751st Bomb Squadron, 457th Bomb Group, based at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Glatton" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Glatton">Glatton Airfield</a>, England. Queen Bea was returning from a mission to Rouen, France on June 22nd, 1944 and was badly shot up from flak with no hydraulic system. After landing, the plane swerved out of control and collided with another aircraft on landing.
assumed USAAF
World War II
<p>National Archives via the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama.
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