Boeing B-17Es on a training exercise over England. Many of the aircraft seen here took part in the 8th Air Force's first heavy bomber raid on 17 August 1942, a strike by twelve B-17Es on the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen-Sotteville in France.
U.S. Air Force
circa 1942 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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