The Boeing B-17D "The Swoose" is currently undergoing restoration. (April 2023)This aircraft is the oldest surviving B-17 Flying Fortress and the only D model in existence. Originally named …

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 …

A Swoose—a swan and a goose hybrid—may sound like the stuff of fiction, but it has been a documented reality. Very few written records or photographs exist of this swan goose hybrid, …

A swoose is a hybrid between a swan and a goose. Phillips, John C. (1928). "Another "swoose" or swan x goose hybrid" (PDF). The Auk. XLV: 39. doi: 10.2307/4075355. JSTOR 4075355. …

2022年8月3日 · The Swoose is the oldest surviving, intact B-17, the only surviving example to have seen combat during the Philippines Campaign, the only surviving shark-fin tail D-model, …

2025年2月11日 · The restoration of “The Swoose,” one of the most renowned surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, is ongoing at the National Museum of the United States Air Force …

Months passed before the airplane acquired her permanent nickname "The Swoose" with distinctive half-goose, half-swan artwork. A few hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl …

2013年5月29日 · The Swoose. When a swan and a goose get together, their offspring is called a swoose. The known goose-swan pairings, in nature and captivity, include a mute swan and …

This hybrid bird (Swoose) of a swan cross goose was truly unique and beautiful. It’s colouring is mainly black with white dappling over its body and most distinctly under its wings. The swan in...

2023年4月20日 · The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) has just announced that they will resume the restoration of Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress 40-3097, nicknamed The …