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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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BI211764
Boeing ID
p4655
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3600px × 2788px 9MB
License type
RM
Keywords
1930s
airplanes
bombers
day
exteriors
full body views
ground crews
ground shots
historic production status
left front views
left side views
maintenance
military
monoplanes
one person
photos
propeller planes
refueling
scanned from film negative
sunshine
tarmac
text
three-quarter length views
trucks
unpainted
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