[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress tail]
Title
[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress tail]
Description
Photograph of the tail fin of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (tail number 483411) at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The tail bears the emblem of the Fifth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. The inscription notes that the plane belonged to Major General Kenneth Bonner Wolfe, Commanding General of the Fifth Air Force.
Inscription on verso: "Huge tail of Maj. General Wolfe's B-17. He is Commanding General of 5th Air Force. Komaki Airdrome. Nagoya, Japan. April 1947."
Date
1947-04
Subject
Creator
Format
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Lloyd R. Lyckman Military Aviation Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2000-10-16-430_image_152_01
2000-10-16-430_image_152_02