US Army Air Force B-17F Flying Fortress “Virgin’s Delight” during an air raid on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant in Marienburg (now Malbork, Poland) 9 October 1943
US Army Air Force B-17F Flying Fortress “Virgin’s Delight” during an air raid on the Focke-Wulf aircraft plant in Marienburg (now Malbork, Poland) 9 October 1943
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94th BG
That’s quite far away, I wonder where they took off from?
damn, delivered 15/5/43, downed 29/11/43 with 9 out of 10 crew members KIA. war is brutal.
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You know exactly what they were thinking. “Oh my God, it’s so pretty! It’s so pretty, bro! Look at it!” – – 30 Minutes or Less
Great pic
Auschwitz Birkenau was probably about the same range