Mechanics at Work on B-17 Flying Fortresss

B-17G Flying Fortresss on Apron at Plant 2

B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret

B-17D Flying Fortresss Outside Boeing Factory

Woman Installs New Waist Guns on B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17 Flying Fortress Manufacturing

B-17D Flying Fortresss Outside Boeing Factory

B-17B Flying Fortress Wing Jig

B-17 Flying Fortress Final Assembly

362nd B-17G Flying Fortress Comes Off the Production Line

Riveters Assembling a B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17E Flying Fortress Body Subassembly

B-17D Flying Fortresss Outside Boeing Factory

362nd B-17G Flying Fortress Comes Off the Production Line

B-17 Flying Fortress Engine Assembly

B-17E Flying Fortress Frame Assembly

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Row of B-17 Flying Fortressses on the Flight Line

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Mechanics at Work on B-17 Flying Fortresss

During 1935, in response to an Army request for a large, multiengine bomber, Boeing financed the design of the Flying Fortress prototype, the B-17 (Model 299). The B-17 went from the drawing board to flight test in less than 12 months. The low-wing, four-engine monoplane bomber combined the aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, still in the design stage, and the Model 247 transport. The B-17 was built in astonishing numbers to support Allied demand. At one point, the Seattle plant rolled out 19 B-17s in 24 hours. Between 1935 and 1945, 12,731 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were built by Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed's Vega division plants across the country.

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