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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.
The B-17G was the final version of the Flying Fortress, incorporating all changes made to its predecessor, the B-17F, [64] and in total, 8,680 were built, [75] the last (by Lockheed) on 28 July 1945. [76] Many B-17Gs were converted for other missions such as cargo hauling, engine testing, and reconnaissance. [77]
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress No. 44-83690 is a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber currently undergoing restoration at the Museum of Aviation near Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. It was built as a B-17G-95-DL by the Douglas Aircraft Company and delivered for use on May 9, 1945.
More than 10,000 B-17s were produced, but only a few survive today, according to Boeing. The B-17G Flying Fortress was equipped with 11 to 13 machine guns and capable of a 9,600-pound bomb load.
The Collings Foundation B-17G N93012 restored to represent B-17G Nine-O-Nine of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, one of two longest-serving B-17's of the 91st BG; the original "Nine-O-Nine" was scrapped after World War II in Kingman, Arizona. One of the last QB-17 Drones at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 1959
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew her.
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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.