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U.S. Air Force Airmen from Royal Air Force Mildenhall salute during the playing of the British and American national anthems at the start of a memorial ceremony held on the 80th anniversary of a B-17 Flying Fortress crash near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, July 19, 2024. The B-17 – “Little Boy Blue” crashed in a farmer’s field July 19, 1944, after its fuselage was ripped in half after a collision with another aircraft on the way to a mission to bomb a ball-bearing factory in Schweinfurt, Germany. Only two of the crew survived. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)
| Date Taken: | 07.19.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 07.31.2024 05:45 |
| Photo ID: | 8560347 |
| VIRIN: | 240719-F-EJ686-1028 |
| Resolution: | 6000x3627 |
| Size: | 4.46 MB |
| Location: | BURY ST. EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, GB |
| Web Views: | 42 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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100th ARW honors WWII B-17 ‘Little Boy Blue’ on 80th anniversary of crash
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