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Photos of World War II Allied Bombers

B-17 Flying Fortress

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engined heavy bomber.

B-17G "Yankee Lady"

The "Yankee Lady" is a B-17G owned and operated by the Yankee Air Museum. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2005)

Exterior

B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17 Yankee Lady

B-17G chin turret

B-17 Yankee Lady

B-17 belly turret

Cockpit

B-17 flight deck

B-17 instrument panel

B-17 interior

Bomb Bay

B-17 Bomb Bay

B-17 Bomb Bay

B-17 Bomb Bay

Ball Turret

B-17 ammunition feed

B-17 ball gunner position

B-17 belly turret

B-17 belly turret detail

Waist Gunner Positions

B-17 port 12.7mm machine gun

B-17 Waist gunner positions

B-17 .50 caliber machine gun

Top Turret

B-17 top turret

Tail Cone

B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17G "Sentimental Journey"

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2005)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Sentimental Journey

B-17 Flying Fortress - Sentimental Journey

B-17G "Liberty Bell"

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2005)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Liberty Bell

B-17 Flying Fortress - Liberty Bell

B-17G "Aluminum Overcast"

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2005)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Aluminum Overcast

B-17G "Thunder Bird"

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2001 and 2005)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Thunder Bird

B-17 Flying Fortress - Thunder Bird nose art

B-17 Flying Fortress - Thunder Bird port side

B-17 Flying Fortress - Thunder Bird tail

B-17G "Texas Raiders"

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 1999)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Texas Raiders

B-17G "Miss Liberty Belle"

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2001)

B-17 Flying Fortress - Miss Liberty Belle

B-17 Flying Fortress - Nose art

B-17 Flying Fortress - Miss Liberty Belle

B-17 Flying Fortress - Miss Liberty Belle

B-17 Flying Fortress - ball turret

B-17 Flying Fortress - ball turret

B-17 Flying Fortress - main gear

B-17 Flying Fortress - main gear

B-17 Flying Fortress - tail gunner

B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator 'Diamond Lil'

"DIAMOND 'LIL'" is owned by the Commemorative Air Force. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2004)

B-24 Diamond Lil

B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil

B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil nose art

B-24 Liberator engines

B-24 Liberator front view

B-24 Liberator flass nose

For more information about this aircraft, visit the Commemorative Air Force website.

B-24J Liberator 'Joe'

Photographed at Fantasy of Flight(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2000)

B-24 Joe

B-24 Joe

B-24 Joe

B-24 Joe

B-25 Mitchell

Built by North American, the B-25 Mitchell was twin-engined medium bomber.

B-25 Mitchell at Flying Tigers Museum - 2000

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2000)

B-25 Mitchell Killer B

B-25 Mitchell Killer B

B-25 Mitchell Killer B

B-25 Mitchell Killer B

B-25 Mitchell Killer B

B-25 Mitchells at EAA Airventure - 2001

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2001)

B-25 Mitchell side view

B-25 Mitchell

B-25 Mitchell

B-25 Mitchell

B-25 Mitchell Bettys Dream

B-25 Mitchell

B-25 Mitchell Front View

B-25 Mitchell Close-up of front

B-25 Bomber on Display near the Battleship Alabama

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2001)

B-25 near USS Alabama

B-25 near USS Alabama

B-25J Bomber on Display at Grissom Airbase

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 1999)

B-25J nose art

B-25 at Grissom air base

B-25 right side

B-25 tail

B-26

B-26 at Fantasy of Flight

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2000)

B-26 Fantasy of Flight

B-26 Fantasy of Flight

A-26 Invader

A-26 Invader (Hard to Get)

(Photos: Kevin Reynolds, 2001)

A-26 Invader nose art

A-26 Invader

B-29 Superfortress

The B-29 Superfortress, "FIFI", is owned by the Commemorative Air Force. (Photos: Richard Kruse, 2004)

B-29 Superfortress FIFI

B-29 side view

B-29 engines and cockpit

B-29 wing and engines

B-29 tail sectoin

B-29 Superfortress tail

B-29 Superfortress tail gun

B-29 Superfortress tail gun

B-29 Superfortress glass bubble

B-29 inside cockpit

B-29 glazed cockpit

B-29 pilot controls

B-29 co-pilot controls

For more information about this aircraft, visit the Commemorative Air Force website.

Avro Lancaster Bomber

During World War II, thousands of four-engined Lancaster heavy bombers served with the Royal Air force.

This particular aircraft is owned and operated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.

(Photos: Richard Kruse, 2009)

Lancaster bomber port side

Lancaster bomber at Oshkosh

Lancaster bomber nose gun

Lancaster bomber fuselage

Lancaster bomber engines

Lancaster bomber at Oshkosh

Lancaster bomber Propeller

Lancaster bomber main landing gear

Countries of the aircraft represented on this page

United States of America

United Kingdom

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