Rounding out the blitz of B-17 Flying Fortress tattoos this week is this forearm piece by noted New York City tattoo artist Anil Gupta of Inkline Studio NYC on Manhattan. Gupta is well known for his highly detailed tattoo art and exact replica miniature tattoo renderings of famous pieces of art. Gupta also takes pride in his photography, so a visit to his website is highly recommended!

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The B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most popular aviation tattoo themes out there and this B-17 black & gray tattoo by Eric Rignall of Inkstop Tattoo in New York City is more proof of it! Eric says this piece has been added to since the photo was taken, with buildings and a landscape to the background. Either way, it’s a fantastic piece and well executed no matter how you look at it.

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We’ve got a few B-17 Flying Fortress tattoos to showcase in the coming few days starting with this great ribpiece by Mike Devries of Mike Devries Tattoos in Encino, CA.

The piece is still in progress, awaiting one more run through and background, but it still looks great and the placement is very unique and works well for the massive bomber.

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This is the other side of an earlier tattoo we featured done by artist Jon Reiter from Solid State Tattoo in Milwaukee, WI. This one, featuring the B-17 Flying Fortress is part of a full WWII sleeve it looks like!

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Brian from Florida sent us this amazing Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress tattoo commemorating his father’s B-17 in the 8th Air Force. It was done by artist Pete Soto at Inkman Dan’s Timeless Art in Ocala, FL. Taking 14 hours in total over three sessions, the tattoo was finished in October 2006.

Amazingly, this was Pete’s first time tattooing an airplane…