Western Desert, North Africa. 29 November 1941. One of the American Boeing Flying Fortress bomber ...

Accession Number MED0141
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Western Desert, North Africa. 29 November 1941. One of the American Boeing Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, code no. WP, serial no. AN532, operating in the Middle East campaign on the ground. These giant Boeing four-engined bombers carry a bomb load of 8,000 lbs over 2,000 miles and are capable of climbing to 41,000 feet. The comment of an RAF pilot flying a Fortress was 'she had no vices'.

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