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

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    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.

  4. B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air ...

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    The B-17 Flying Fortress was perhaps the most well-known American heavy bomber of the Second World War (1939/41-1945). It achieved a fame far beyond that of its more-numerous contemporary, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

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

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    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 ...

  6. B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" makes a tour stop ...

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    The Commemorative Air Force Museum offered flights on "Sentimental Journey," believed to be the only B-17 from World War II still flying.

  7. Tokyo tanks - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo tanks were internally mounted self-sealing fuel tanks used in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers [1] during World War II.The tanks increased the B-17's total range at combat weight with 4,000–5,000 pounds (1,800–2,300 kg) of bombs by about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) and the combat radius was doubled to about 650 miles (1,050 km).

  8. 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.

  9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean ...

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    B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 2d Bombardment Group on a mission from Amendola Airfield, Italy, 1944. United States Army Air Forces formations and units in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) were the second-largest user of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. There were a total of six combat groups (twenty-four ...