[Servicemen with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft]

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Identifier2022-01-31_image_041SourceThe Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection (2022-01-31), Box 1, Folder 2DescriptionPhotographic group portrait of nine servicemen with a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1941-1945. The men are identified by name and crew position in the verso inscription.

Inscription on verso: "Left to right -- back row / Kenneth Barning -- Waist and togglier / Raymond Ptacek -- Radio / Charles Gallagher -- Engineer / Ca[illegible] Watts -- Tail / Don Matthews -- Ball / Front row: Lowell Wagner -- Bombadier [Bombardier] / John Cotner -- Pilot / Valgene Mathews -- Co-pilot / Albert Mosiman -- Navigator."

Part of a scrapbook from Lyden H. Rien's service with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, circa 1941-1945.Creation Datecirca 1941-1945SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945United States. Army Air ForcesSoldiersBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress FamilyAirplanes, MilitaryFlight crewsExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 9 x 7 cmLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lyden H. Rien Boeing Flying Fortress School Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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