TT - It seems the pictures (see example
here) were obtained, presumably online, from Getty Images - no doubt using the search words 'bomber command'.
Getty, being an American library, probably threw up the B-17 shots given that the USAAF also used the term 'bomber command' - and, hey presto, the
Express thought they'd struck gold.
Yes, the 8th Air Force lost 26,000 UK-based men in a thousand days. The 9th Air Force lost a further 6,000 flying from the UK. And, as has been pointed out, they're well served with appropriate memorials over here - principally at Duxford and Madingley. No Dresden protests over them, as far as I know.
In the US, there's also the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, which opened in 1992. Its memorial gardens are quite magnificent.