[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]

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Title

[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]

Description

Photograph of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft parked at Komaki Air Base, Japan, March 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: "B-17 – flown by M.Gen Wolfe – Commanding General of 5th Air Force. Plane stationed on Komaki Airdrome. March 1947."

Date

1947-03

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Lloyd R. Lyckman Military Aviation Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2000-10-16-430_image_354_01
2000-10-16-430_image_354_02