Registration / Serial:44-6954
Alternate Serial:46954
Military Code:CC-F
Other Marks:J
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Licence-built by:Douglas
C/n (msn):23177
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:569 BS/ 390 BG
City / Airport:Leiden - Valkenburg (EHVB / LID)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:29 April 1945 to 3 May 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:398232Submit Correction
View count: 566
The last winter of the war left the western half of the Netherlands in German hands, with a starving population cut off from food supplies. On 28 April 1945 the Germans agreed to food droppings by Allied bombers. Taken towards the sea, this picture shows Valkenburg airfield. Reportedly named Liquid-8-Or, 44-6954 was scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in November 1945. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:44-6954
Alternate Serial:46954
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):23177
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Leiden - Valkenburg (EHVB / LID)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:29 April 1945 to 3 May 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:44-6954
Alternate Serial:46954
Military Code:CC-F
Other Marks:J
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (299)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
Licence-built by:Douglas
C/n (msn):23177
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:569 BS/ 390 BG
City / Airport:Leiden - Valkenburg (EHVB / LID)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:29 April 1945 to 3 May 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:398232Submit Correction
View count: 566
The last winter of the war left the western half of the Netherlands in German hands, with a starving population cut off from food supplies. On 28 April 1945 the Germans agreed to food droppings by Allied bombers. Taken towards the sea, this picture shows Valkenburg airfield. Reportedly named Liquid-8-Or, 44-6954 was scrapped at Kingman, Arizona in November 1945. Photo from: US Air Force
Registration / Serial:44-6954
Alternate Serial:46954
Aircraft Version:Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
C/n (msn):23177
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Leiden - Valkenburg (EHVB / LID)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:29 April 1945 to 3 May 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive