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Ground crew prepares to load bombs on B-17 Flying Fortress in England, July 1943 Note the small "put-put" engine. Maybe providing electrical power for the bomb hoist?

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Damaged B-17 42-97849 Liberty Belle 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron 8th Air Force 1945.
Looks like flak damage, from all the holes in the tail.

This B17 was delivered to Tulsa 15/3/44; Kearney 9/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-O] Framlingham 27/5/44; force landed continent 14/2/45; 2KIA Brooks, Cullen, 1WIA Mercier; Salvaged 18/2/45. LIBERTY BELL.

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