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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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    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 ...

  4. List of aircraft of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft ... world's first turboprop aircraft, twin-engine fighter bomber, ... alternative engine for B-17 ...

  5. List of United States bomber aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Martin B-10 & related heavy bomber: 1932 retired 1949: 342: Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber: 1935 retired 1943: 257: Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber: 1935 retired 1944: 130: Northrop A-17 attack bomber: 1935 retired 1944: 411: Northrop BT dive bomber: 1935 retired 1941: 55: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber: 1935 [1] 1938 [1 ...

  6. 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. The number of operational B-17s has dwindled over time ...

  7. List of aircraft of the United States during World War II

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    Martin A-30 Baltimore - Lend-lease attack bomber; Martin B-10/Martin B-12 - Medium bombers; Martin B-26 Marauder - Medium bomber; McDonnell XP-67 - Prototype fighter; Noorduyn C-64 Norseman - Transport; North American A-36 Invader/Apache - Dive bomber/attack aircraft; North American B-25 Mitchell - Medium bomber; North American XB-28 ...

  8. List of aircraft engines - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of aircraft engines by ... Italian Civil & Military Aircraft 1930–1945 [17] ... Argus engines sold in France under the brand name ...

  9. List of bomber aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, ... Heavy bomber: 1933: Operational: 332: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: US: Heavy ...