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
B-17s Being Taken into Repair Hangar.

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

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