I have been photographing vintage planes and other military aircraft/equipment in museums and air shows through the years. My favorites are the B-17 Flying Fortresses, of course, and I have had the great privilege to personally photograph more than 36 of them (and counting!) from the West Coast to the East Coast, Hawaii and across the Pond in England. My son and even hiked high into the Olympic Mountains to photograph a 1952 wreck site. I consider myself very blessed to have had such an opportunity to record so many in honor of the brave veterans that flew the Flying Fortress into troubled skies during World War II — heroes, one and all.
B-17F 42-29782 Boeing Bee / "Factory Fresh Fortress"
B-17F 42-29782 Boeing Bee at the Museum of Flight, Seattle
B-17G 42-32076 Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby
B-17G 42-32076 Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby at the NMoUSAF Restoration Hangar
B-17G 43-38635 Virgin's Delight / "Treble 4"
B-17G 43-38635 (painted as 44-8444) at Castle AFB, Atwater CA
B-17G 44-83684 Picadilly Lilly II
B-17G 44-83684 Picadilly Lilly II at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino
B-17G 44-8543 Madras Maiden / Ye Olde Pub
B-17G 44-8543 Madras Maiden at Renton, Wash., and later Ye Olde Pub at McChord.
partial: B-17G 44-83316 (12 O’clock High)
The tail of B-17G 44-83316 used in the television series 12 O’clock High
partial: B-17G 44-83790 Dyke Lake project
B-17G 44-83790 Dyke Lake project in Detroit and in Douglas, Georgia.
partial: B-17G 44-85505 (Alaska tail)
The tail of B-17G 44-85505 that was recovered in Alaska and displayed at the Champaign Air Museum