2015年3月22日 · We have collected some incredible images of damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses that made it home. During WWII 12,732 B-17’s were produced between 1935 and May 1945. Of these 4,735 were lost in combat, a staggering 37 percent. Each image could and should be an article in itself, and wherever possible we’ve added some descriptive text.

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.

Forty-five planes survive in complete form, [1][a] including 38 in the United States with many preserved in museum displays. The number of operational B-17s has dwindled over time, but there are still several in flying condition. Of the 12,731 B …

Nearly 13,000 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were produced as part of the massive World War II military build-up. It became one of the most famous, and successful, airplanes ever built. However, following the end of World War II, the B-17 was quickly phased out of use as a bomber and the Army Air Forces retired most of its fleet.

2015年2月11日 · Hundreds of crewmen have recounted harrowing flights back in airplanes with major parts missing and pieces blown off. B-17 tail gunner Casimer Piatek recorded one attack—by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190...

2019年9月24日 · Made infamous by the daring daylight strategic bombing runs they carried out over Germany, more than 12,000 of these four-engined bombers were produced between 1939 and 1945.

In May 1938, the Y1B-17s (now redesignated as B-17) of the 2nd Bombardment Group, led by the lead bombers' navigator Curtis LeMay, took part in a demonstration in which they intercepted the Italian liner Rex.

Photograph of contrails from a group of U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Passed for personal use only. Not for publication. 27 Jun 1944. Theater Censor ETOUSA." United States. Army Air Forces. Welcome to the digital collections of The Museum of Flight.

2016年6月6日 · The B-17 Flying Fortress is best known as the primary workhorse of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ daylight strategic bombing campaign in Europe. In all, the B-17 equipped 32 overseas combat groups and dropped 640,036 tons of bombs in Europe, more than any other American aircraft.

2021年7月22日 · While the Consolidated B-24 Liberator four-engined heavy bomber dropped more war tonnage and was built in greater numbers, the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" four-engined "heavy" left a longer lasting memory on American military aviation history for its part in World War 2 (1939-1945).