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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.
Side view of My Gal Sal. On 27 June 1942, B-17E serial number 41-9032 named My Gal Sal—part of the 342d Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group—was one of 13 B-17s flying the Labrador-to-Greenland leg of a ferry flight to the United Kingdom as part of Operation Bolero, the military build-up in Europe. Inclement weather broke up ...
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 ...
A B-17 on display at the Arlington Municipal Airport in 2019. Bell P-63 Kingcobra The single-engine Bell P-63 Kingcobra was never used in combat by the United States, according to the National ...
Rear-right view of the plane in 2008 She was featured as the fictional B-17F aircraft Mother and Country in the 1990 film Memphis Belle , she was painted on one side to resemble the older B-17F. She is credited in the 2012 film Red Tails .
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The EAA Aviation Museum is set to welcome back another piece of World War history when the B-17 moves to the Eagle Hangar.
The tail gunner is located below the fin. All B-17s have a retractable tail-wheel landing gear. The B-17G weights 32,720 pounds (14,840 kg) empty. Fully armed and loaded, a B-17 can weigh 65,600 pounds (29,800 kg) Payloads ran between 4,000–5,000 pounds (1,800–2,300 kg), but they could carry up to 17,600 pounds (8,000 kg) for shorter missions.