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Mais umas, mas de bombardeiros.

 

Adorei essa nose-art!

 

Power of precision: The VIII Bomber Command, commonly known as the Eighth Air Force, was assembled to strategically bomb Nazi-controlled cities after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Comics in the sky: An American soldier paints caricatures of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito on the nose of a B-17 bomber named 'Flying Flit-Gun,' which originated from the 97th Bombardment Group of the 8th Bomber Command

 

controlled cities after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

 

 
Easy riders: Three American military personnel, possibly ground crewmen, sit on their bicycles in front of a B-17 bomber named 'Berlin Sleeper II'

Easy riders: Three American military personnel, possibly ground crewmen, sit on their bicycles in front of a B-17 bomber named 'Berlin Sleeper II'

 

 
Good luck charm: Portrait of an unidentified American servicemen, possibly the tail gunner of a B-17 bomber, with a child's bunny doll tucked into the waistband of his fur-lined-flight suit and a type B-4 life preserver, known as a 'Mae West'

Good luck charm: Portrait of an unidentified American servicemen, possibly the tail gunner of a B-17 bomber, with a child's bunny doll tucked into the waistband of his fur-lined-flight suit and a type B-4 life preserver, known as a 'Mae West'

 

 
Trailblazer: American photographer and journalist Margaret Bourke-White was the country's first accredited female photographer during WWII, and the first authorized to fly on a combat mission

Inspiring trailblazer: American photographer and journalist Margaret Bourke-White was the country's first accredited female photographer during WWII, and the first authorized to fly on a combat mission

Below are additional color photographs depicting WWII-era US bombers from other Image collections. 

 
Flying machine: A B-17 bomber makes its way to England to aid the British in World War II circa 1941

Flying machine: A B-17 bomber makes its way to England to aid the British in World War II circa 1941

 

 
Pep talk: Before taking off on a mission in 1944 a Flying Fortress crew in England receives a talk from 26-year-old Chaplain James O. Kincannon, a Van Bueren, Arkansas, minister affectionately known as 'Chaplain Jim'

Pep talk: Before taking off on a mission in 1944 a Flying Fortress crew in England receives a talk from 26-year-old Chaplain James O. Kincannon, a Van Bueren, Arkansas, minister affectionately known as 'Chaplain Jim'

 

 


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