B-17B Flying Fortress at McChord Field

B-17B Flying Fortress at McChord Field

B-17's of Washington State

With hangar 3 in the background, a new USAAF Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress starts its engines before flying in McChord Fields dedication Army Air Corps air demonstration. Forty RAF aircrew from No. 90 Squadron were trained at McChord Field from January thru April 1941 in B-17C's.

War Department, United States of America

http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20OUR%20HISTORY%20%20MAF%20BASE%201939-1950.htm

McChord Air Museum Foundation

January 1941