[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress tail]

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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

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