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Archive - July 1st 2017, 75 years since the first US bombers arrived in London 

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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps. The bomber first arrived in Great Britain on July 1, 1942 with hopes American pilots could get through German defenses and hit their targets without fighter escort. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

1942. Two men sleeping on a Allied convoy across the Atlantic... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. An American B-17 bomber prepares to take... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. An American B-17 bomber prepares to take... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. An American B-17 bomber prepares to take... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. American crewmen watch as a B-17 bomber,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. An American B-17 gunner awaits take off... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. American crewmen stand in front of a B-17... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. American ground crewmen watch as a B-17... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. Cows graze in front of an American bomber,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. Cows graze in front of an American bomber... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. An American ground crewman stands with bombs... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1942

GREAT BRITAIN. 1942. American mechanics prepare a B-17 bomber... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1941

GREAT BRITAIN. July 4th, 1941. Press Day at Watton RAF base.... 
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