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  2. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.

  3. Old 666 - Wikipedia

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    As for the B-17's name, Zeamer's aircrew referred to 41-2666 only as "666" or "the plane". On 14 June 1943, two days before their final mission together, Zeamer officially named their B-17 Lucy. He had the name painted in script under the three windows on the port side nose, mostly between and underneath the small forward window and larger gun ...

  4. List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Forty-five planes survive in complete form, [ 1 ] [ a ] including 38 in the United States with many preserved in museum displays.

  5. What we know about the B-17 Flying Fortress, P-63 ... - AOL

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    The plane was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Corp. at Long Beach, California, and delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1945, according to Airplanes Online. ... A B-17 with 13 people aboard ...

  6. List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress variants - Wikipedia

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    The B-17B (299M) was the first production model of the B-17 and was essentially a B-17A with a slightly larger rudder, larger flaps, a redesigned nose and 1,200 hp (890 kW) R-1820-51 engines. The small, globe-like, machine gun turret used in the Y1B-17's upper nose blister was replaced with a .30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun, its barrel run through ...

  7. Alan Magee - Wikipedia

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    Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

  8. Nine-O-Nine - Wikipedia

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    Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew her.

  9. All American (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft returned safely to base despite the extensive damage to its rear fuselage. Emblem of the 414th Bombardment Squadron in World War II The fighter's wing collided with the top rear fuselage of the All American , almost cleaving the bomber's tail section off, leaving a large diagonal gash from the base of the All American's vertical ...