NARA_80-G-32915_Burned_B-17_Flying_Fortress_on_Hickam_Field_after_Pearl_Harbor_attack.jpg


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Description A burned U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress (s/n 40-2074) rests near Hangar 5, Hickam Field, Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 7 December 1941. It was flown to Hickam by Captain Raymond T. Swenson from California and arrived during the attack. On its final approach, the aircraft’s magnesium flare box was hit by Japanese strafing and ignited. The burning plane separated upon landing. The crew survived the crash, but a flight surgeon was killed by strafing as he ran from the burning wreck.
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Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-32915, also available from the U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation, photo No. 1996.488.029.032
Author U.S. Navy
Other versions National Archives photo has watermark: "W-HO (12-7-41) AH"

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7 December 1941