![Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvYm9laW5nLWZseWluZy1mb3J0cmVzc2VzLWxhdGVzdC1ib2VpbmctZmx5aW5nLWZvcnRyZXNzZXMtdGhpcy10aGUtbmV3ZXN0LWFuZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/218/jpg "Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as \"bigger and more deadly\" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation")
![The wreck of the [Dellavilaud?] plane that crashed in the Potomac river near the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D.C. Chief Petty Officer F.H. Bushing and A.V. Cobb, aviation machinist mate, who were flying the plane were rescued. They were uninjured](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdyZWNrLW9mLXRoZS1kZWxsYXZpbGF1ZC1wbGFuZS10aGF0LWNyYXNoZWQtaW4tdGhlLXBvdG9tYWMtcml2ZXItbmVhci10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "The wreck of the [Dellavilaud?] plane that crashed in the Potomac river near the Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D.C. Chief Petty Officer F.H. Bushing and A.V. Cobb, aviation machinist mate, who were flying the plane were rescued. They were uninjured")
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Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation
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Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1940
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United States. Office of War Information.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain
