This image is the 25-foot by 75-foot mural in the World War II Gallery of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.. The B-17G, 42-38050, "Thunder Bird" of the 303rd Bomb Group, based at Molesworth, England, is seen at 11:45 AM, August 15, 1944, over Trier, Germany, on its return to base from a mission to Weisbaden. B-17Gs "Bonnie B," "Special Delivery," and "Marie" are seen below as a Messerschmitt 109G and Focke Wulf FW 190 attack "Thunder Bird's" element.

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