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B-17E Flying Fortress Bombardier's Position
B-17E Flying Fortress Bombardier's Position 
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose 
B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage Assembly Line
B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage Assembly Line 
B-17E Flying Fortress Pilot's Cab
B-17E Flying Fortress Pilot's Cab 
B-17D Flying Fortress Flight Line
B-17D Flying Fortress Flight Line 
B-17E Flying Fortress Fact Sheet
B-17E Flying Fortress Fact Sheet 
Bombadier in Position in B-17E Flying Fortress
Bombadier in Position in B-17E Flying Fortress 
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress "Lou" in Action
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress "Lou" in Action 
B-17E Flying Fortress in Flight
B-17E Flying Fortress in Flight 
B-17E Flying Fortress Cockpit
B-17E Flying Fortress Cockpit 
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose Gun Installation
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose Gun Installation 
B-17E Flying Fortress Waist Gunners
B-17E Flying Fortress Waist Gunners 
B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage Joining
B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage Joining 
B-17E Flying Fortress Test Flight
B-17E Flying Fortress Test Flight 
B-17E Flying Fortress Cockpit
B-17E Flying Fortress Cockpit 
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose Turret Assembly
B-17E Flying Fortress Nose Turret Assembly 
B-17E Flying Fortress Waist Gunners
B-17E Flying Fortress Waist Gunners 
Skin Application to B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage
Skin Application to B-17E Flying Fortress Fuselage 
B-17E Flying Fortress Air to Air
B-17E Flying Fortress Air to Air 
B-17E Flying Fortress Jig Production
B-17E Flying Fortress Jig Production 
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B-17E Flying Fortress Flight Line

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 board to flight test in less than 12 months. 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." Boeing plants built a total of 6,981 B-17s in various models, and another 5,745 were built under a nationwide collaborative effort by Douglas and Lockheed (Vega). Only a few B-17s survive today; most were scrapped at the end of the war. 
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Unique identifier BI217320 
Boeing ID p1132 
Type Image 
Size 3099px × 2400px   7MB 
License type RM 
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