Photographed on November 8, 1944, this image shows the interior of a maintenance hangar used by the Engineering Department of the 579th Bomb Squadron, part of the 392nd Bombardment Group. A four-engine heavy bomber sits framed in the open hangar doors, dwarfed by the building's soaring steel trusses. Hangars like this one served as the vital repair and maintenance hub keeping bomber crews flying missions over occupied Europe during WWII. Project: 218550