Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

1935 bomber aircraft family by Boeing

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1938 — 1968 B-17, Flying Fortress, Bomber Design 17, Boeing Flying Fortress  class, bomber monoplane with 4 engines, F-9 Flying Fortress, QB-17 Flying Fortress, C-108 Flying Fortress, aircraft family, Boeing, United States Air Force, Royal Air Force, AN/APS-20, Q30, United Kingdom
Length: 22.8 metre

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• Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century^@
• Flying Legends^@

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Countries:

United Kingdom:

United Kingdom bombers - bomber monoplane with 4 engines - bomber with 4 engines

Poland:

bomber monoplane with 4 engines - bomber with 4 engines

Historical Countries:

Kingdom of Great Britain:

bomber monoplane with 4 engines - bomber with 4 engines

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland:

bomber monoplane with 4 engines - bomber with 4 engines

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1938-04-01T00:00:00Z

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

1943-05-29T00:00:00Z

YB-40 Flying Fortress

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Frameless

105mm howitzer unloaded near Buna-Gona front

19th Bomb Group B-17 Australia 1942

303rd Bombardment Group Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24539

303rd Bombardment Group Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24582

43d bomb group b-17s New Guinea 1942

A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on display at the Barksdale Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base.

A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on display at the Barksdale Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base.

Ambulance waiting for B-17 at Alconbury

Fill er Up, Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber for flight tests at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant. 1942. - Flickr - polkbritton

King George VI at Alconbury.3

Nighttime maintenance training on a B-17 at Amarillo Army Airfield

Winning Your Wings.ogv

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century@			Wikidata
link		Flying Legends@			Wikidata
weapon	1938	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress	aircraft family, Boeing, United States of America, bomber monoplane with 4 engines, United Kingdom		Wikidata
weapon		C-108 Flying Fortress	aircraft family, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing		Wikidata
weapon		F-9 Flying Fortress	aircraft family, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress		Wikidata
weapon		QB-17 Flying Fortress	aircraft family, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing		Wikidata
weapon	1943	YB-40 Flying Fortress	aircraft family, United States of America, B-17F Flying Fortress, Douglas, Vega Aircraft Corporation		Wikidata
image	1942	105mm howitzer unloaded near Buna-Gona front			Wikimedia
image	1942	19th Bomb Group B-17 Australia 1942			Wikimedia
image	1943	303rd Bombardment Group Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24539			Wikimedia
image	1942	303rd Bombardment Group Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 41-24582			Wikimedia
image	1942	43d bomb group b-17s New Guinea 1942			Wikimedia
image	2015	A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on display at the Barksdale Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base.			Wikimedia
image	2015	A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress on display at the Barksdale Global Power Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base.			Wikimedia
image	1943	Ambulance waiting for B-17 at Alconbury			Wikimedia
image	1942	Fill er Up, Lubricating and servicing a new B-17F (Flying Fortress) bomber for flight tests at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant. 1942. - Flickr - polkbritton			Wikimedia
image	1942	King George VI at Alconbury.3			Wikimedia
image	1943	Nighttime maintenance training on a B-17 at Amarillo Army Airfield			Wikimedia
image	1942	Winning Your Wings.ogv			Wikimedia