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Photograph of an unidentified serviceman standing under the damaged wing of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft at Typhoon Base, Wevelgem, Belgium, March 9, 1945. The aircraft belongs to the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces.
Photograph of John W. Allen posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of two U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of Paul Chryst posing with a flak hole in "Times A-Wastin'," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, England, circa 1944-1945.
Report prepared by Robert K. Mason, pilot with the 850th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1985. Describes an incident that took place during a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany on March 9, 1945. After the wing of Mason's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress was severely damaged by flak, the crew made an emergency landing at an RAF base in Belgium. Mason notes…