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B-17G Flying Fortress Takeoff
B-17G Flying Fortress Takeoff
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Cutaway
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Flight Deck
B-17G Flying Fortress Line Up
B-17G Flying Fortress on Tarmac
B-17G Flying Fortress Silver Ship in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret and Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Bombers
B-17G Flying Fortress Air to Air
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress Silver Ship in Flight
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B-17G Flying Fortress Takeoff
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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BI211778
Boeing ID
p4829
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5100px × 3950px 19MB
License type
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1940s
airplanes
blur
bombers
copy space
day
exteriors
flying
full body views
ground to air
head on views
historic production status
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
photos
propeller planes
scanned from film negative
sunshine
symmetry
takeoffs
unpainted
viewed from below
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