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Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret 
Installation of B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Installation of B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret 
Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Woman Inside B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret and Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret and Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose 
Woman Aligning B-17 Flying Fortress Top Turret Guns
Woman Aligning B-17 Flying Fortress Top Turret Guns 
B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret Assembly
B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret Assembly 
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose and Chin Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose and Chin Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret 
Mechanic at Work on B-17G Flying Fortress
Mechanic at Work on B-17G Flying Fortress 
Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret
Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret 
Two Gun Shop Mechanics Install the Tub on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Two Gun Shop Mechanics Install the Tub on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns 
Women Stand in Front of 5 Grand B-17 Flying Fortress
Women Stand in Front of 5 Grand B-17 Flying Fortress 
Workers Line Up Machine Guns on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret
Workers Line Up Machine Guns on a B-17 Flying Fortress Chin Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress, Left Side
B-17G Flying Fortress, Left Side 
B-17 Flying Fortress Manufacturing
B-17 Flying Fortress Manufacturing 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns 
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B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret Final Assembly

In response for the Army’s request for a large, multiengine bomber, the B-17 (Model 299) prototype, financed entirely by Boeing, went from design to flight test in less than 12 months. The B-17 Flying Fortress was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, and the Model 247 transport. The B-17 was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns mounted in clear blisters. Each version of the B-17 was more heavily armed. Described by General H. H. Hap Arnold, as the backbone of our worldwide aerial offensive, the B-17 Flying Fortress served in every World War II combat zone. Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed Vega produced 12,731 B-17s, and the four-engine bombers became legendary for their ability to stay in the air after taking brutal poundings. 
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Unique identifier BI211694 
Boeing ID p3537 
Type Image 
Size 2788px × 3600px   9MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1940s
adults
airplanes
ammunition/weapons systems
bombers
dark
factories
factory workers
female
fuselages
ground shots
head on views
historic production status
inside looking out
interiors
manufacturing
military
monoplanes
nose sections
occupations and work
photos
propeller planes
Rosie the Riveter
scanned from film negative
stairs, lifts and ladders
structural systems
two people
viewed from below
windows
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