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A total of 42 "D" series were built, and the 18 remaining B-17Cs were converted to Boeing's new B-17D standard. The sole-surviving example of the "D" series (originally built in 1940 and nicknamed Ole Betsy by her original aircrew) is currently undergoing restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton , Ohio .
The Swoose is a Boeing B-17D-BO Flying Fortress, USAAF serial number 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II and survived to become the oldest B-17 still intact.
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
The surviving aircraft include examples of four B-17 variants: one B-17D, four B-17Es, and three B-17Fs, with the rest delivered as B-17G. Some B-17G survivors have been modified to represent B-17Fs, such as for filming of the 1990 movie Memphis Belle. B-17G 44-8543 has been modified, including having its chin turret removed, to more closely ...
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24485 "Memphis Belle" [41] [42] Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-27297 "Bockscar" – weapon delivery aircraft used in atomic bombing on Nagasaki [43] Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic A19-43 [44] Cessna UC-78B Bobcat 42-71626 [45] Consolidated B-24D Liberator 42-72843 "Strawberry Bitch" [46]
Prior to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the 19th Bombardment Group had 35 B-17s in the Philippines.By 14 December, only 14 remained. Beginning on 17 December, the surviving B-17s based there began to be evacuated south to Australia, and were then sent to Singosari Airfield, Java in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) on 30 Decemb
Boeing B-17F informally known as the Rikki Tikki Tavi was shot down over Syke in what is now Lower Saxony. [62] [63] despite the rear machine gunner not deploying a parachute. [64] Eight of the ten crew members were killed in the crash, and two survived, including the tail gunner who survived a fall of 28,000 feet inside the tail section of the ...
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