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Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A complete fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber ready to be hoisted from its cradle in rope slings for mating sections in Boeing's Seattle plant. The Flying Fortress has performed with great credit in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere.
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Credit lineProduction. B-17 heavy bomber. A complete fuselage section for a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber ready to be hoisted from its cradle in rope slings for mating sections in Boeing's Seattle plant. Th. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information, Feininger, Andreas. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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