B-17 Flying Fortress

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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. It was most widely used for daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets during World War II.

3D view of the B-17
B-17 flyby Rex
USAAF B-17F
USAAF B-17F
USAAF B-17G
USAAF B-17G
USAAF B-17G
USAAF B-17(F,G?), 1943
Dorsal view of USAAF B-17H
USAAF Lockheed/Vega B-17F
Several B-17 in flight over Europe
Bombing Japanese Strategic positions in the Solomon Islands duging WWII
Battle damaged plane
The famous "Memphis Belle"
The "Memphis Belle" crew
"Memphis Belle" disassembled 2003
B-17G at Evergreen Aviation Museum, Oregon
B-17G Nose art
B-17G-105 Flying Fortress 44-85784 (B-17 Preservation)
B-17 dropping supplies.
B-17 Thunderbird in formation with a B-52H
A group of B-17 planes in formation over Germany in April, 1945
Special B-17 to help getting in formation
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress cockpit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
B-17 Aluminum Overcast
B-17 belly turret
Ball turret viewed from the interior of the fuselage
Rear interior of a B-17
Tail turret
Pilot's controls
Pilot's view out the cockpit windows
Nose turret and bombardier's station
Gun turret
Detail of the nose and fwd turret
Idling for takeoff at a recent airshow
Woman worker at the plant
B-17G 44-85734
Liberty Belle
Liberty Foundation, FL
crashed 13 Jun 11