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[Destroyed Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]
Photograph of the front portion of a Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress aircraft that was destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. The aircraft was attacked by Japanese forces while attempting to land. Bullets hit magnesium flares, igniting a fire that led to the aircraft breaking in two.
[Destroyed Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]
Photograph of the front portion of a Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress aircraft that was destroyed during the Pearl Harbor attack, Hickam Field, December 7, 1941. The aircraft was attacked by Japanese forces while attempting to land. Bullets hit magnesium flares, igniting a fire that led to the aircraft breaking in two.Typed caption glued to verso: "Hickam Field, Hawaii. Dec. 7, 1941.This is the B-17C…
[38th Reconnaissance Squadron setting up camp]
Photograph of members of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Army Air Corps, setting up camp outside Hickam Field after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Vance H. Spears is on the right.Typed caption taped to verso: "#7 -- Hickam Field, Hawaii. December 7, 1941. Late afternoon on this date, some of the air crew members from the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron are…