Airmen preparing to fly a Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress.

"The massiveness of a YB-17 bomber is well shown by this hands-on view of the giant plane, which has just completed a military mission."

Photographed infront of the bombardment squadron hangar, in Langley Field, Va.

Date: May 1942

Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer.

Library of Congress: LC-USW36-991, LC-USW36-1032, LC-USE6- D-004874, LC-USE6- D-004055, LC-USE6- D-004875, LC-USE6- D-004054, LC-USW36-1053