Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
and the men who flew that aircraft faced constant danger over
targets like Schweinfurt, which had claimed 163 bombers on missions
previous to the one pictured here.
Thankfully, neither men nor aircraft of the 303rd Bomb Group
were lost on this October 9, 1944, mission. In fact, the foreground
B-17 named Thunder Bird, pictured here on her 80th mission, would
go on to complete 116 missions before her 1945 retirement.
Signed by the artist. |