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American B-17 Flying Fortresses taking flak on a daylight bombing operation over occupied France in late 1942. The aircraft in my depiction are from the 91st Bomb Group of the US Army Air Corps VIII Bomber Command. In the foreground is perhaps the most famous B-17 of them all, a B-17F, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, unit code DF-A and better known as Memphis Belle. It achieved fame as one of the first to complete 25 combat missions with crew intact: they were decorated and flew home and went on a morale-raising publicity tour of the United States.

Photographer and digital artist based in the UK. Landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes - and photographically crafted aviation scenes under the Flight Artworks banner: catch up on Facebook or on Instagram. Please contact me or visit my website, flightartworks.com if you would like to license my photos, although a growing range is available via Alamy. Discussions about how my pictures are made are in my blog, Aerial Combat. On Instagram also at @gary.eason. On Twitter @flightartworks and @garyeason. CHANGES: As part of a constant quality improvement process please note that I review and sometimes replace or remove earlier works. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Please respect the considerable time, effort and investment in equipment that goes...