The Snapshots in Time Collection
B-17 Flying Fortress on Airfield Ramp, Keesler Field, Mississippi, 1946 (Double-Exposed Negative)
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress sits on the ramp at Keesler Field, Mississippi, in 1946. Following World War II, surplus B-17s like this one continued to serve at technical training installations such as Keesler, where ground crews and mechanics honed their skills maintaining the aircraft that had helped win the air war over Europe. Project: 218397