Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Yankee Doodle" commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

B-17 “Yankee Doodle”

October 18, 2014

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Maintenance work is performed on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Yankee Doodle” commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Yankee Doodle" commanded by Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker on the first B-17 bombing mission against Europe, August 1942. (U.S. Air Force Photograph.) — (U.S. Air Force Photograph.)

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