Boeing Fortress Mk.II

Boeing Fortress Mk II FK184 (USAAF 41-2513), RAF.

Nineteen B-17Fs were transferred to the RAF, where they served with RAF Coastal Command as the Fortress Mk.II. 

Ground crew deliver a trailer of 250lb depth charges for loading into a Fortress Mk. II before an Atlantic patrol from Benbecula in May 1943.

A Coastal Command Fortress Mk. II from Benbecula makes a low pass over the escort carrier HMS Vindex during an Atlantic convoy patrol.

With ASV radar aerials prominent, Fortress Mk. II FK190/1-J of 206 Squadron flies low over the sea. 

Boeing Fortress Mk. II/FA706, Coastal Command. 

Boeing Fortress Mk II FA706, No. 220 Squadron, Azores. 

Boeing Fortress Mk II, Coastal Command, 1943.

Boeing Fortress Mk II, No. 206 Squadron, RAF, taking off from Lagens. 

Boeing Fortress Mk II FA704, commanded by Wing Commander R. B. Thompson, No. 206 Squadron, Coastal Command, RAF Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Sank German Type VIIC submarine U-417 on 11 June 1943. (Gaëtan Marie) 

Boeing Fortress Mk. II (B-17F), BU-N, Coastal Command, January-December 1944. 

Boeing Fortress Mk II FA696 (US serial number 41-24595), No. 251 (Meteorological) Squadron, Coastal Command, Reykjavik, Iceland, Summer 1945. (Gaëtan Marie)