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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.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II.
English: Seen here on display at the Linear Air Park in the markings of B-17G ' 238133 ' (The Reluctant Dragon) of the 337th Bomb Squadron/ 96th Bomb Wing which was shot down on 30.11.44. Date 23 October 1992
The B-17G Flying Fortress was equipped with 11 to 13 machine guns and capable of a 9,600-pound bomb load. The 36-seat plane in Dallas was owned by American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum in ...
Champaign Lady is the name of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress that was delivered to the U.S. military near the end of World War II and did not see combat action. The plane is currently undergoing restoration at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio, by the Champaign Aviation Museum.
Thunderbird was a high mission-tally Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bombardment Group during World War II.The original plane, serial number 42-38050, was scrapped at the end of the war and no longer exists.
In September 1950, a testbed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flew with a T34 turboprop mounted in the nose of the bomber. The first application for the T34 was the Boeing YC-97J Stratofreighter , which later became the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy .
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