File:B-17 bombing japanese positions on Gizo Island, Solomon Islands.jpg
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A USAAF Boeing B-17F-10-BO Flying Fortress (s/n 41-24457) leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands, in October 1942. The B-17F 41-24457 (nickname "The Aztec's Curse") was assigned to the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, and was written off after a crashlanding due to brake failure on 23 April 1943.
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| current | 09:28, 6 January 2017 | | 607 × 480 (85 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>A USAAF Boeing B-17F-10-BO <i>Flying Fortress</i> (s/n 41-24457) leaving the target after a strike against Japanese shipping off Gizo Island, Solomon Islands, in October 1942. The B-17F 41-24457 (nickname "The Aztec's Curse") was assigned to the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, and was written off after a crashlanding due to brake failure on 23 April 1943. </p> |
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