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Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

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The B17 Flying Fortress, together with the B24 Liberator, bore the brunt of American daylight strategic bombing in the European theatre during the Second World War. In 1934 the United States Army Air Corps outlined its requirements for an off-shore anti-shipping bomber. A year later the prototype took to the air. In 1940, twenty early production B17s were released to the RAF. This enabled them to be evaluated under operational conditions, but this early introduction into service was not a success. Following an extensive redesign, to increase armour and armament, new versions were introduced and were widely used by the Americans, both in Europe and the Pacific. A further modification programme, this time to improve the bomber's ability to repel air attacks from the front, produced the B17G with its twin-gun 'chin' turret which you can see clearly on this example. At the height of production Boeing's Seattle plant alone produced a completed aircraft every ninety minutes. A total of 12731 Fortresses were manufactured of which just over two-hundred were supplied to the RAF.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Nice engine sounds, but not that great quality video it self. it has to do.

BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS

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No tri pod,small camera, sorry if too shaky, This is at the Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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Sally B at Duxford 2004

B-17 Flying Fortress - WIP - Update

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This is a Work In Progress promotional video of an upcoming model by Francisco (Paco) Sánchez-Castañer To be released for FS2004 and FSX. UPDATE: The FS9 model is now in Beta and actually features dropping bombs... yes real dropping bombs

B-17 Bomber - Flying Fortress At Our Airport

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This is a Boeing B-17 bomber, or Flying Fortress as it's known as. I saw it flying around yesterday morning so I went out to airport to take some pictures. Besides giving rides, they were also having a pig roast to help sponsor "Sentimental Journey". Forget the plane, it was worth going out there just for the lunch! I wished I had more time to stay around until they started flying again, especially since it was such a beautiful day. Maybe next time. I was in a big hurry to put this video together so I simply appended most of the clips I took in the order they were taken. I also tried to keep the length fairly short. I'll add more to this description a little later. Cheers!

B-17 Flying Fortress UFO Liberty Bell, B-24 Strawberry Bitch

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The Boeing B-17, Flying Fortress, in flight. The B-17 is an icon - a high-flying, long rang bomber that can unleash great destruction. It is a four-engine, propeller-driven, heavy bomber, which was used primarily in the daylight precision strategic bombing of German industrial and civilian targets. It was also used in the Pacific. The B-17 and the Consolidated B-24 were the two standard US heavy bombers until the B-29 Superfortress was introduced. The B-17 was flown by the Army Air Corps throughout WWII. It was used to bombard German targets. Later the chin turret was introduced, such as in the Memphis Belle. Its engines make a characteristic sound when it is in flight. The Liberty Belle is a famous B-17, which tours the country. People crawl into the very small gun turrets, especially the one under it. Only 14 B-17s remain airworthy and operational out to over 12,000 built. The B-17 was the most important bomber used by the US in the daytime air raids against Germany in WWII. An example of the B-17 is displayed at the Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. A B-24 Liberator, the Strawberry Bitch, is also exhibited there. The UFO was spotted at 02.06. SPACE CRAFT, AIRCRAFT, & EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT: WORLD'S MOST FANTASTIC AIRPLANE XB-70; AURORA MACH 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQzMtjIp0A BUSH AIR FORCE ONE OVER MIDWEST 9/11 FIGHTER JET SWOOPS AWAY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4jrP97NHEE ACROBATIC HELICOPTER PILOT AND CAMERAMAN INSPECT POWER LINES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTf5rJKTryg Military Aircraft-Wright Bros. SR-71 F-22 Stealth Many More http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyM6V0lt_aM World's Fastest Airplane, SR-71 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsFt_pDN024 Huge Trucks & Cars Crash Helicopter Lands Interstate Freeway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtUFMLScP2g B-17 Flying Fortress UFO Liberty Bell, B-24 Strawberry Bitch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjs9hvvGeOI Tacit Blue-Mystery airplane, Experimental Laser Plane Aurora http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIAy1uvscrc World's First Jet Airplane and First US Jet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0H42UNbpg Guided tour Wright Patterson Air Force Base V2 Rocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j70BxoYpAEo Weird Airplane - What is it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WFotvhNwOc World's Largest Combat Airplane, Convair B-36J, "Peacemaker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPUmzVgPSkY History Of Aviation-Wright Bros. Sr-71 F-22 Stealth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHh-XfWlTds Airplane Crash -Large Hi Teck Model Airplanes Good Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgXfn4v2Bmg Helicopter Landing Interstate Freeway 08.01.2 -- Accident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UClnN1Oveos B-29-Hiroshima, Enola Gay, Little Boy, & Nagasaki, Bockscar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0JHanBX-0 Hot Air Balloon Weird Aircraft, Landing Gas Blast watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJKViO7TrI Helicopter inspects powerline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhUw4OIeM1Y Air Tour Of Columbus, Ohio, From The Batcopter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-msEy1sQk Crazy Helicopter Flying Upside down, backwards, roll, spin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mqej0GgYI Red Helicopter with Propeller on Stalk - What Type is It? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOUkCV39uw Hot air balloon lands in water (07.08.25 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFO5fKCEjw Hot air balloon gets lost - pilot drops down asks direction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG8i2uDh48U

B-17 Flying Fortress

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The American B-17 flying fortress: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both the other competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype's crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to enter full-scale production and was considered the first truly mass-produced large aircraft, eventually evolving through numerous design advancements, from B-17A to G. The B-17 was primarily employed in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord.[4] The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping. From its pre-war inception, the USAAC touted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a potent, high-flying, long-ranging bomber capable of unleashing great destruction yet able to defend itself. With the ability to return home despite extensive battle damage, its durability, especially in belly-landings and ditchings, quickly took on mythic proportions.[5][6][7] Stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage widely circulated, boosting its iconic status.[8] Despite an inferior range and bombload compared to the more numerous B-24 Liberator,[9] a survey of Eighth Air Force crews showed a much higher rate of satisfaction in the B-17.[10] With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as a superb weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany, 500,000 were dropped from B-17s.

B-17 Flying Fortress Take Off

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Take off of the legendary B-17G Flying Fortress. The B-17 played a central role in bombing missions during World War Two. Video was taken Memorial Day weekend 2006 at Republic Airport Long Island (Farmingdale, New York). Links of interest: American Airpower Museum: www.americanairpowermuseum.com Support our Troops by donating to www.USO.org Stats from Boeing: www.boeing.com/history/boeing/b17.html

B-17 Flying Fortress

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. From The Boys with Big 'Uns at http://www.ModelAirplaneVideos.com.

Boeing B17 Flying Fortress taxiing

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Amazing, one of the last B17 still flying shown here taxiing on the tarmac

Boeing B-17

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B-17 flying fortress "Chuckie" engine startup taxi and takeoff...plane hasen't been used in a long while wich explains the amount of smoke coming out of the exhausts...but this is a trademark of the b-17 also!

B-17 Flying Fortress Fly-by

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National Air Tour B-17 Takeoff and flyby. Falcon Field, Peachtree City, Ga

CD-Scaledesigns Boeing B-17 C Test Flights

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This is the second time we took the B-17 to the flying field and after we moved the CoG a bit she was much easier to handle in landings than before.

Mission Accomplished: Story of the Flying Fortress (ca1942)

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Chronicles one of the early (autumn 1942) bombing runs of B-17s over Europe. In response for the Army's request for a large, multiengine bomber, the B-17 (Model 299) prototype, financed entirely by Boeing, went from design board to flight test in less than 12 months. The B-17 was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, still in the design stage, and the Model 247 transport. The B-17 was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns mounted in clear "blisters." The first B-17s saw combat in 1941, when the British Royal Air Force took delivery of several B-17s for high-altitude missions. As World War II intensified, the bombers needed additional armament and armor. The B-17E, the first mass-produced model Flying Fortress, carried nine machine guns and a 4,000-pound bomb load. It was several tons heavier than the prototypes and bristled with armament. It was the first Boeing airplane with the distinctive -- and enormous -- tail for improved control and stability during high-altitude bombing. Each version was more heavily armed. In the Pacific, the planes earned a deadly reputation with the Japanese, who dubbed them "four-engine fighters." The Fortresses were also legendary for their ability to stay in the air after taking brutal poundings. They sometimes limped back to their bases with large chunks of the fuselage shot off.

Boeing B17 'Pink Lady'

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Boeing B17F 'Pink Lady'

BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS/NO MUSIC/Fantastic Radial Sound

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No tri pod,small camera, sorry if too shaky, This is at the Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

b-17 flying fortress

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world war 2 bomber

Boeing 307 Stratoliner

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The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner to enter service anywhere in the world. Being able to fly 20,000 feet higher than the 5,000 to 10,000 foot-altitude unpressurized airplanes a that time, it was said that it could "fly above the weather." It carried five crew members and 33 passengers and had a nearly 12-foot wide cabin for overnight berths. The Stratoliner was also the first land-based airplane to have a flight engineer as a member of the crew. Boeing's Model 299, prototype for the military bomber aircraft, which duly became the B-17 Flying Fortress, was developed in parallel with a civil version of the same aircraft, which had the company designation Boeing Model 300. The Model 307, or Stratoliner, was a straight-forward conversion from the supremely successful B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. It employed the wings and tail surfaces of the B-17C Flying Fortress. The Boeing 307 was developed to start another era, that of pressurized comfort at higher altitudes than had been previously contemplated. The aircraft was the result of considerable research in high altitude flying by "Tommy" Tomlinson, of TWA, who was estimated to have flown more hours above 30,000 feet, than all other pilots combined. With his recommendations, Boeing produced an airliner which could cruise at 14,000 feet. The Boeing 307 first flew on December 31, 1938, and TWA put it into service on the transcontinental route on 8 July 1940, reducing the time to 13 hrs. 40 min., and cutting two hours off the DC-3's time. Three (S-307) Stratoliners flew on Pan Am's South American routes; five (SA-307B) served with TWA, and a ninth (SB-307B) Stratoliner was supplied to Howard Hughes. One Boeing 307 (prototype NX 19901) crashed on March 18, 1939 during a test flight. Each aircraft cost $315,000 in 1937 when ordered. During World War II Stratoliners were employed as military transports (C-75s), flying principally to South America and across the Atlantic. In 1951 the ex-TWA machines, replaced the Four 900 hp (671-kw) Wright GR-1820 Cyclone radial piston engines, with Wright Cyclone 1,200 hp (894 kw) engines. The wings were replaced with B-17G wings. They were then sold to Aigle Azur in France, operating to French IndoChina. Here they became involved with the Vietnam War, worked with operators such as Air Laos and were still flying into the 1970s. One example survives, The Flying Cloud, and is owned by the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. After a six year restoration by volunteer Boeing retirees, it was rolled out of the hangar on June 23,2001. Unfortunately, the plane was almost lost, when during a test flight, it ran out of fuel and ditched into Elliot Bay, just west of downtown Seattle. Luckily, the airplane did not suffer severe damage and it was recovered and repaired again. It is currently on display at the museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, at Washington/Dulles International Airport. General characteristics Crew: 5, including two pilots and flight engineer Capacity: 33 passengers Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m) Wingspan: 107 ft 0 in (32.61 m) Height: 20 ft 10 in (6.34 m) Wing area: 1,486 ft² (138.0 m²) Empty weight: 30,000 lb (13,608 kg) Loaded weight: 42,000 lb (19,050 kg) Powerplant: 4× Wright GR-1820 radials , 900 hp (671 kW) each Performance Max Speed: 246 mph Cruise speed: 222 mph (357 km/h) Range: 2,390 mi (3,846 km) Service ceiling: 26,200 ft (7,985 m) Wing loading: 28 lb/ft² (138 kg/m²) Power/mass: 0.09 hp/lb (140 W/kg)

flying fortress

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boeing b17 f Revell plastic kit

B-17 Bomber Flight, Bremerton WA

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Flight aboard the Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine-O-Nine". Nice shots flying through broken clouds and buzzing the airshow at the Tacoma Narrows Airport. Dale Ireland

B-17 Flying Fortress, (Bombardier, Nose view)

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Boeing B-17 based at Falcon Field in Mesa Arizona (Commemorative Air Force). This is the Bombardier seat position. This video is taken before flight.

'Fortress' under the gun

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A Luftwaffe gun camera records an attack on a Boeing B-17.

The Flying Fortress

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Exclusive upload to YouTube.com This movie was shot in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 using the Wings of Power B-17F Flying Fortress and music by New Zealand artist Bic Runga. I have tried to make this movie with as little hiccups as possible and i hope you like the end result.

Me-262 vs. B17 Bombers

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Me-262: The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") was the world's first operational turbo jet fighter aircraft. It was produced in World War II and saw action starting in 1944 as a multi-role fighter/bomber/reconnaissance/interceptor warplane for the Luftwaffe. It was officially named Schwalbe because the swallow, when in a dive, is one of the fastest birds known.[citation needed] German pilots nicknamed it the "Turbo," while the Allies called it the "Stormbird." The Me 262 had a negligible impact on the course of the war due to its late introduction, with 509 claimed Allied kills[3] (although higher claims are sometimes made[4]), against more than 100 Me 262 losses. B-17: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both the other competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype's crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to enter full-scale production and was considered the first truly mass-produced large aircraft, eventually evolving through numerous design advancements, from B-17A to G. The B-17 was primarily employed in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord.[4] The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping. From its pre-war inception, the USAAC touted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a potent, high-flying, long-ranging bomber capable of unleashing great destruction yet able to defend itself. With the ability to return home despite extensive battle damage, its durability, especially in belly-landings and ditchings, quickly took on mythic proportions.[5][6][7] Stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage widely circulated, boosting its iconic status.[8] Despite an inferior range and bombload compared to the more numerous B-24 Liberator,[9] a survey of Eighth Air Force crews showed a much higher rate of satisfaction in the B-17.[10] With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as a superb weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany, 500,000 were dropped from B-17s.

Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

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Boeing B17 Flying Fortress from Boys with Big Uns DVD available at http://www.ModelAirplaneVideos.com

USAF B17 Tribute (COLOR FOOTAGE)

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The B-17's flying fortresses battling in the skies over Europe in the early stages for the USAF in the ETO

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress take off

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress at Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ. The video sucks, because it's made with a cheap-ass camera. Part of http://sander.aeronauts.nl

First operational B-17 mission with the RAF (B-17C)

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Location of events unknown, an RAF base somewhere in England. Various shots of RAF (Royal Air Force) ground crew artwork cleaning and preparing a American Boeing Flying Fortress for flight. Various shots of the aircrew putting on their kit and climbing into a lorry which is to take them to their aircraft. Various C/Us of the crew standing beside the bomber. They are smoking, drinking tea and looking at maps. We also see them putting on their "special oxygen breathing apparatus".

B-17 Flying Fortress, Exterior with Engines Running

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Here is the Sentimental Journey (as she is proudly named), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, based out of Mesa AZ. Rides are available to the public and proceeds to help preserve the historic aircraft and education. 1 of 8 flyable in the world.

Boeing B17, Sally B, Duxford 8 sep 2007

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Sally B at Duxford Airshow saturday september 9:th.

Consolidated B24 Liberator

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Although often overshadowed by the B17 Flying Fortress, the B24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US military aircraft and served with distinction in both war and peace. The first B24 Liberator made its maiden flight on 29 December 1939. Designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation to rival the Boeing B17, the type proved an outstanding success, with 18500 aircraft being built by Consolidated, Douglas, North American and Ford between 1940 and 1945. 1900 B24s were supplied to the Royal Air Force. Liberators were used by RAF bomber squadrons in the Middle East, and from January 1944 became the principle RAF strategic bomber in the Far East. Liberators were also deployed by RAF Coastal Command, playing a key role in the war against Germany's submarine fleet. Liberators also saw service as transports; indeed, (AL504 Commando) became the personal aircraft of Prime Minister Winston Churchill for a short time. Liberators continued in use until December 1968 when the Indian Air Force retired its former RAF machines. Six from the first batch for the UK were directed to British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for use in the North Atlantic Return Ferry Service. During WWII, Captain D.C.T. Bennett known as Pathfinder Bennett, flew the first crossing on 14 May 1941 taking 14½ hours. The thousandth crossing of the Atlantic took place in September 1944.

B 17 FLY BY

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B 17 FLYING FORTRESS low level flight

B17 Bomber Dive

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Made for Chris Simpson in October 2007 this is a film of the world's finest intact example of a submerged B17 bomber. Situated off Island Vis on the coast of Croatia, the aeroplane was shot down by German anti aircraft fire while flying over Slovenia during WWII in 1944. The pilot escaped alive from the attack when it belly landed onto the Adriatic Sea. Known as the "Flying Fortress" the Boeing B17 is best recognised in recent times for being featured in the film Memphis Belle. The music used is Hollow Requiem which was self composed especially for the film. It is one of the finest wreck dives in the world and as I'm sure you will agree with Ivan, was "an excellent day....."

(08) "Combat America" (ca.1943) 8 of 8

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SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT WORLD WAR II ERA OR POST ERA WORLD WAR II VIDEOS Combat America was a 1943 film produced by the United States Army Air Forces and starring Clark Gable. The film is unique among military documentaries of the period, for it contains very little actual combat footage. Instead, the focus is almost entirely oriented to life back at their base in England. The films "plot" begins when the Henry H. Arnold, Chief of Staff of the US Army Air Force commissions Clark Gable to make a movie about a specific squadron, the 351st Bombardment Group. We see the men of the squadron as they are about to leave for Britain, flying over mountains and getting their last look at America, the narrator reminding the audience that this is what they are fighting for. Once they reach England by plane, they get settled at an RAF base and try to adjust to the local customs, particularly the monetary differences. There is no combat footage until three-quarters of the way into the movie, instead life at the base is chronicled, interrupted by short humorous vignettes starring Gable and the airmen, including an interview with one wounded airmen and his nurse. The battles are presented through the eyes of the air crew, watching the pilots take off in the planes they have worked on, then anxiously counting them when they return to make sure they all got back, and if not, whose was missing. The progress of the war is marked by a wall poster with names of bombed targets being added and swastika stickers beside them to indicate confirmed kills. Only at the end is footage taking during a raid of Nazi occupied Europe incorporated into the film with some interesting footage of a couple of ME. 109s being shot down. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both the other competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype's crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to enter full-scale production and was considered the first truly mass-produced large aircraft, eventually evolving through numerous design advancements, from B-17A to G. The B-17 was primarily employed in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial, civilian and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord. The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping. From its pre-war inception, the USAAC touted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a potent, high-flying, long-ranging bomber capable of unleashing great destruction yet able to defend itself. With the ability to return home despite extensive battle damage, its durability, especially in belly-landings and ditching, quickly took on mythic proportions. Stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage widely circulated, boosting its iconic status. Despite an inferior range and bomb load compared to the more numerous B-24 Liberator, a survey of Eighth Air Force crews showed a much higher rate of satisfaction in the B-17. With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as a superb weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million tons of bombs dropped on Germany, 500,000 were dropped from B-17s.