November 28, 2009 - "B-17 Flying Fortress"

We were fortunate to get some shots of three planes (P-47, B-17, B-25) at the Galveston Flight Museum shortly before the planes left for an air show.

This is my attempt at creating a circa 1944 "Mission Ready" feel to this image. The SOOC can be viewed at

http://dakotacowboy.smugmug.com/Photography/Daily-Photo-Proof-Alternates/8374515_pozc7/1/725057061_muys6

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), introduced in the 1930s. Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype's crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to eventually evolve through numerous design advancements.
The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial, civilian, and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord.[4] The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields."

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From Daily Photos - 2009