NARA 80-G-32915 Burned B-17 Flying Fortress on Hickam Field after Pearl Harbor attack
Summary
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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Date
07/12/1941
Source
U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Copyright info
public domain