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 dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II, used primarily in the European Theater of Operations.

2024年1月24日 · Eighth Air Force B-17G Flying Fortresses drop bombs on Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1945. Starting at the front of the plane, the bombardier had a Bendix chin turret below the bomber with two...

2025年3月28日 · B-17, U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to a 1934 Army Air Corps specification that called for a four-engined bomber at a time when two engines were the norm.

2024年11月26日 · When it first flew in 1935, the original B-17 wasn’t very well equipped with defensive gun armament; after all, its main armament was its massive 5,000-pound bomb load. The YB-17 prototypes had a single gun up front, two in side nacelles, one for the radio operator, and one below – just five all told, all with limited fields of fire.

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.

2021年7月21日 · Built for strategic daylight bombing, the four-engine, heavy bomber B-17 is equipped with 13 Browning M-2 .50-caliper mounted machine guns, and is capable of carrying up to a 6,000-pound bomb load in a single mission. There were two machine guns in the main cabin, operated by the waist gunner, in addition to several more throughout the aircraft.

2025年3月21日 · Eighth Air Force B-17G Flying Fortresses drop bombs on Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1945. Starting at the front of the plane, the bombardier had a Bendix chin turret below the bomber with two guns and 1,460 rounds of ammunition.

the b-17 flying fortress / armaments . b-17g "the hustlin' gal" of the 774th bs / 463rd bg: gun position: crew member: chin turret: bombardier: cheek guns: navigator: top turret: engineer: radio compartment: radio operator: ball turret: b/t gunner: waist guns (2) …

2024年12月8日 · Eighth Air Force B-17G Flying Fortresses drop bombs on Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 26, 1945. Starting at the front of the plane, the bombardier had a Bendix chin turret below the bomber with two guns and 1,460 rounds of ammunition.

2024年11月21日 · The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an incredibly powerful and heavily armed bomber, with a total of 9 guns installed on some models. The gun configurations varied over the years, with different models and variants featuring different numbers and types of guns.