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[Tail fin of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft]

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Identifier2000-10-16-430_image_152SourceThe Lloyd R. Lyckman Military Aviation Collection (2000-10-16-430), Box 1, Folder 3CreatorLyckman, Lloyd R., 1914-1993DescriptionPhotograph of the tail fin of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (tail number 483411), Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. 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."Creation Date1947-04SubjectJapan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress FamilyAirplanes, MilitaryUnited States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5thUnited States. Army Air ForcesUnited States. Air Force. Air Force, 5thUnited States. Air Force. Pacific Air ForcesUnited States. Air ForceWolfe, Kenneth Bonner, 1896-1971Komaki Air Base (Japan)PlaceNagoya-shi (Japan)JapanOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Lloyd R. Lyckman Military Aviation Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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