Check Six – 1941: B-17 Hickam Field Flyover

Posted on Feb 7, 2021 in 1940's, Check Six
United States Army Air Corps photograph

Off the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Facebook page

Boeing B-17Ds Flying Fortress of the 5th Bombardment Group fly over the main gate at Hickam Field during the summer of 1941. 21 B-17C/Ds had been flown out to Hawai‘i during May to reinforce the defenses of Hawai‘i.

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