B-17s Being Taken into Repair Hangar.

ID: 5539 ~ Source: https://www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001518770/mediaid/1105243/ ~ Creator: The United States Airforce ~ Date: 1940s

This file appears in: Spokane Army Air Depot: The Birth of Fairchild

Inside the repair hangar over 1,250 B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers were repaired throughout the war.

This file appears in: Spokane Army Air Depot: The Birth of Fairchild

Spokane Army Air Depot: The Birth of Fairchild

By Devrick Barnett

What is now Fairchild Airforce Base originated as an Army Air Supply and Repair Depot to service the other airfields around Spokane and in the Pacific Northwest.