After three engines had been shot out of commission over France, this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" returned, but had to make an emergency landing and undergo repairs on the spot. Here, it is shown at Dawlish, England awaiting the building of an emergency runway by an Engineer unit enabling it to take-off for its home field.
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