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Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret
Woman Aligning B-17 Flying Fortress Top Turret Guns
B-17 Flying Fortress Construction
B-17 Flying Fortress Tail Turret Assembly
Man and Woman Bucking Rivets on a B-17 Flying Fortress
Women Riveting B-17 Flying Fortress SubAssembly
Woman Welder Working on a B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortress Dorsal Fin Assembly
Women Building B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber
Woman Drilling a B-17 Flying Fortress During Assembly
A Douglas "Rosie" in Long Beach Rivets a Boeing B-17 Tail
Mechanics Assemble a B-17 Flying Fortress Nose Section
B-17 Flying Fortress Assembly
Woman Installs New Cheek Guns on B-17 Flying Fortress
Washing a B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Flying Fortress Manufacturing
B-17 Flying Fortress Manufacturing
B-17 Flying Fortress Cabin Top Assembly
Woman Installs New Waist Guns on B-17 Flying Fortress
Rivet Bucking, B-17 Flying Fortress Bulkhead
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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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BI211904
Boeing ID
p1732
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1930s
adults
airplanes
bombers
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factories
factory workers
female
fuselages
glare
ground shots
historic production status
interiors
manufacturing
military
monoplanes
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propeller planes
Rosie the Riveter
structural systems
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