Title
Boeing factories in Seattle, Washington, 1943.
Caption
Mass production of Boeing B-17 Flying Forteresses, four-engine heavy bombers, at the Boeing Aircraft Co. of Seattle, Washington, December 20, 1943.
Beginning in 1942, the Boeing factories of Seattle and Everett, Washington, were already building 150 B-17s a month, then 250 in 1943. In all, Boeing build 6,981 B-17s during the war, with Douglas delivering another
3,000 and Lockheed-Vega 2,750.
Date
1943
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_020
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
11,9Mb (842,6Kb) / 7,9in x 5,9in / 2362 x 1766 (300dpi)