[Bullet hole in Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress]
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
Subject
Coverage
Format
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2007-08-08_image_134_01
2007-08-08_image_134_02