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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.
The B-17E production order was too large for Boeing alone, so Douglas and the Vega division of Lockheed joined Boeing in B-17 production. Boeing also built a new production plant, and Douglas added one specifically for building B-17s. One of the Vega-built aircraft was later converted to the XB-38 Flying Fortress, which remained a single prototype.
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.
Boeing built 6,981 B-17s; another 5,745 were built by Douglas and Lockheed under a collaborative effort, according to Boeing. A B-17 with 13 people aboard crashed at a 2019 air show in Connecticut ...
Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber: n/a: abandoned 1935 project: 0: Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber: 1937: retired prototype 1944: 1: Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber: 1943: Lost 1943 project cancelled: 1: Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 1: Boeing XF8B fighter bomber: 1944: retired prototype: 3: Boeing XPBB Sea ...
Production by Vega really got underway with the Hudson, a patrol bomber designed for use by the Royal Air Force. Vega entered a partnership between three companies (the other two being Boeing and Douglas) (abbreviated BVD) to produce the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Of over 12,000 B-17s produced by war's end, 2,750 were built by Vega.
It achieved a fame far beyond that of its more-numerous contemporary, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The first pre-production Y1B-17 Fortress was delivered to the 2d Bombardment Group, Langley Field, Virginia on 11 January 1936; the first production B-17B was delivered on 29 March 1939, also to the 2nd Bombardment Group. A total of 12,677 ...
Boeing Plant 2 (also known as Air Force Plant 17) was a factory building which was built in 1936 by The Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States.By the time production ceased in the building, the plant had built half of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, the Boeing 307 Stratoliners, the Boeing 377s, some of the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, Boeing B-50 Superfortresses, B-47 ...