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B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress Cheek Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress with New Cheek Guns
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Underside of B-17G Flying Fortress
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun with British Insignia
B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret Final Assembly
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B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun
B-17G Flying Fortress Takeoff
Mechanic at Work on B-17G Flying Fortress
B-17G Flying Fortress Nose and Chin Turret
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Gun
B-17G Flying Fortress Waist Guns
B-17G Flying Fortress on the Ground
B-17G Flying Fortress with Chin and Wing Guns Ready
B-17D Flying Fortress Flight Line
Installation of B-17G Flying Fortress Chin Turret
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B-17G Flying Fortress with Cheek Guns
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
BI211770
Boeing ID
p4703
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Size
5100px × 3950px 19MB
License type
RM
Keywords
1940s
airplanes
bombers
clouds
conventional landing gears
day
engines
exteriors
fuselages
gray skies
ground shots
half-length views
historic production status
landing gears
main wheels
military
monoplanes
nobody
nose sections
photos
propeller planes
propellers
propulsion systems
right front views
scanned from film negative
structural systems
tarmac
unpainted
wet
wheels
windows
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