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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 ...
The crew back from their 25th operational mission. All were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.. The Memphis Belle, a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3170, USAAC Serial No. 41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15 July 1942, [7] and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. [8]
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II.
Elly Sallingboe awarded the Transport Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.At 79 years old, she is the only airworthy B-17 based in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s preserved in the United Kingdom.
B17 from 305th BG based at Chelveston crashed shortly after take-off into the Bedfordshire village of Yelden. The aircraft sliced through a barrack block housing men from the airfield and partially demolished a farm bungalow. 21 persons died in the accident, including 2 children (Monica & Keith Phillips) who were asleep in the bungalow.
Painted as 25 of the United States Army it was a static restoration mainly using bits from a former Canadian-owned example CF-EQS. Consolidated B-24M Liberator: 44-50493 44-51228 was the last B-24 in United States Air Force service, being used for ice research before being retired in 1953. It was placed on display at Lackland Air Force Base.
Sept 5, 2017. Aluminum Overcast, B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740, civil registration N5017N, as of August 2024 Aluminum Overcast is not flying.It is in the Eagle Hanger at the Experimental Aircraft Museum in Oshkosh,WI.