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B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress with Chin and Wing Guns Ready
B-17G Flying Fortress with Chin and Wing Guns Ready
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun Controller
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun Controller 
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress, Right Side
B-17G Flying Fortress, Right Side 
B-17G Flying Fortress .50 Caliber Waist Gun
B-17G Flying Fortress .50 Caliber Waist Gun 
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress With British Insignia
B-17G Flying Fortress With British Insignia 
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Ball Turret 
B-17G Flying Fortress with Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with Cheek Guns 
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Gun Instruments
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Gun Instruments 
B-17G Flying Fortress, Left Side
B-17G Flying Fortress, Left Side 
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17G Flying Fortress in Flight 
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B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun with British Insignia

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 BI211756 
Boeing ID p4471 
Type Image 
Size 5100px × 3950px   19MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
1930s
airplanes
ammunition/weapons systems
bombers
day
exteriors
fuselages
ground shots
half-length views
historic production status
landing gears
left side views
military
military livery
monoplanes
nobody
photos
propeller planes
scanned from film negative
structural systems
tails
tarmac
text
unpainted
vertical stabilizers
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