Boeing Fortresses of Bomber & Coastal Command

Gaëtan MarieBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Illustrations, World War II
Boeing Fortress Mk IIA FK202, No 59 Squadron, Throney Island, January 1943
Boeing Fortress Mk IIA FK202, No 59 Squadron, Thorney Island, January 1943.

These profiles were part of a series of Boeing Fortress profiles created for the book “Squadrons! No.21: The Boeing Fortress Mk II & Mk III” by Phil Listemann.

Boeing Fortress B.III KJ117, No 223 Squadron, 10 Group, based at RAF Oulton, May 1945.
Boeing Fortress B.III KJ117, No 223 Squadron, 100 Group, based at RAF Oulton, May 1945. Aircraft of 100 Group were used to jam and disrupt German night defense radars and communications.

 

Boeing Fortress Mk II FA704, No 206 Squadron, flown by Wg Cdr R. B. Thompson, 11 June 1943.
Boeing Fortress Mk II FA704, No 206 Squadron, flown by Wg Cdr R. B. Thompson, 11 June 1943.

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