69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection
Title
69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection
Description
The 69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection is comprised of four color photographs of first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife, Paula, with 69 Squadron, Israel Air Force, inspecting Boeing B-17 aircraft that had participated in Israel's War of Independence in 1948. Included is a detailed description of how three repurposed B-17s shifted Israel's air potential during the war.
Digitized Materials: The photographs have been digitized from this collection.
Please note that materials on TMOF: Digital Collections are presented as historical objects and are unaltered and uncensored. See our Disclaimers and Policies page for more information.
Date
circa 1948-1973
Language
All materials are in English.
Rights Holder
The Museum of Flight Archives
Rights
Permission to publish material from the 69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
The 69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
1985-07-27D
Collection Organization
Collection Items
[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]
![[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f0184567f8e7bc8a0b6aecff95c11089.jpg "[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]")
Photograph of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, his wife Paula, and two unidentified men standing in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, Israel, circa 1948. The unidentified man in uniform is likely a member of 69 Squadron.
[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others inspecting Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]
![[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others inspecting Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0cd16fe24cea21edef6d1de927d60fec.jpg "[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and others inspecting Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]")
Photograph of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, his wife Paula, and members of 69 Squadron inspecting a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Israel, circa 1948.
[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and 69 Squadron with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]
![[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and 69 Squadron with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/50b963c97a254e70a0024a4a8eee9f3d.jpg "[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Mrs. Ben-Gurion, and 69 Squadron with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]")
Photographic group portrait of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (standing, fourth from left), his wife Paula (standing, second from right), and members of 69 Squadron in front of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, Israel, circa 1948.
[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion in cockpit of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft]
![[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion in cockpit of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2ce9263186a96041c101bb28154c354a.jpg "[Prime Minister Ben-Gurion in cockpit of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft]")
Photograph of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the cockpit of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of 69 Squadron, Israeli Air Force, Israel, circa 1948.