Mr. Dellon Bombgardener sits in the cockpit of the restored World War II B-17G Flying Fortress bomber aircraft known as Texas Raiders on display during the annual open house and airshow. At 68, he is the only original World War II B-17 pilot still officially certified by the Federal Aviation Agency. He flew 35 bombing missions over Germany during the war
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Barksdale Air Force Base
State: Louisiana (LA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Scott Stewart
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/04/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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