Physical description
A rectangular Coloured Print of a group of Boeing B.17F's
Inscriptions & markings
Boeing B.17F Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bombardment Group, United States 8th Air Force leave vapour trails in the morning sky as they head eastward from their base at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, May 1943. The foreground aircraft, 229536 (LL-A) of the 401st Bomb SQN. is named "Mary Ruth"- Memories of mobile.
Behind her is "Stric Nine, 229475 (OR-R) of the 322nd Bomb SQN.
Power Plant: Four Wright R1820-97 nine cylinder air cooled radial engines. Each turbo-supercharged.
Dimensions: Span 103ft 9in, Length: 74ft 9in, Height: 19ft 1in.