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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)...
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    The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World...
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    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...
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    On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress privately owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks,...
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    The Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress was a modification for operational testing purposes of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, converted to act as a...
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    The Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress was an American transport aircraft used during World War II. Four were converted from B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators
    This list of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Boeing B-17. The B-17 was among the first mass-produced...
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    Lockheed) on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to fit it with liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-89 V-12 engines. It was to be an improved B-17, and an alternative...
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  • a partial list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing-designed B-17 Flying Fortress. Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases...
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    DRT). Boeing YB-9 Boeing XB-15 (1 prototype) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress...
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  • of Operations aboard a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber during World War II. It was followed by B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th in 2000...
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  • B17 (redirect from B 17)
    B17 or B-17 may refer to: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, an American World War II heavy bomber Saab B 17, series of Swedish dive bomber/reconnaissance aircraft...
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    and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing...
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    the Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B. It is run by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford Aerodrome...
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  • light transport Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, an American WWII bomber Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, an American cargo plane Bréguet 17, a French WWI fighter...
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    four-engine low-wing tailwheel monoplane airliner derived from the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which entered commercial service in July 1940. It was the...
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    Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, the Boeing 307 Stratoliners, the Boeing 377s, some of the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, Boeing B-50 Superfortresses, B-47...
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    Avro Lancaster Avro Lincoln Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Consolidated B-24 Liberator Boeing B-29 Superfortress Consolidated B-32 Dominator Handley Page Halifax...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
    Theater of Operations (MTO) were the second-largest user of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. There were a total of six combat groups...
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  • L. Miller and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England...
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    view colorful fall foliage in the area. The EAA's 1940s-vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress World War II bomber, the Aluminum Overcast, sells rides occasionally...
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    The Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary...
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    being a medium bomber.) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (8,000 lb (3,600 kg)) (theoretical maximum: 17,410 lb (7,900 kg)) Consolidated B-24 Liberator (8,000 lb...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress No. 44-83690
    Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress No. 44-83690 is a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber currently undergoing restoration at the Museum of Aviation near Robins...
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  • Operation Aphrodite (category Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress)
    Forces operation to use worn out Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated PB4Y bombers as radio controlled flying bombs against bunkers and other hardened...
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  • German Luftwaffe fighter ace flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109, guided a severely damaged American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress out of German airspace after...
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  • Thumbnail for B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces
    This is a list of United States Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress units of the United States Army Air Forces, including variants and other historical...
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    Boeing Model 299 (later developed into the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress) and Martin 146. While the Boeing design was clearly superior, the 299's four...
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  • Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress used in World War II Memphis Belles, a women's professional tackle football team Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress...
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    lb (5,400 kg) Aviation portal Related development Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing Y1B-20 Boeing 314, which used the XB-15's wing design Aircraft of...
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