[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]

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Title

[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]

Description

Photograph of a bullet hole in the vertical stabilizer of a United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress aircraft, Hickam Field, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.

Inscription: "(12-7-41-8:30A) A.C. Photo by Sgt. Lee Embree."

Typed caption glued to verso: "#9-Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941. The vertical stabilizer or tail section of B-17E #41-2408 showing one hit by Japanese aircraft appearing in photo!s [photo's] #3 & #4. We were lucky. Photo by S/Sgt. Lee R. Embree, 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, USAAC."

Date

1941-12-07

Coverage

Hawaii

Bibliographic Citation

The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-08-08_image_134_01
2007-08-08_image_134_02