Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

Video Title :	Boeing B17 Flying Fortress
Description :	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.
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Rating :	4.80
Keywords, Tags :	Boeing B17 Flying Fortress USAAF WW2 Warbird Aviation Aircraft
Video Length :	8 : 22

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I'm working on cutting some photos and film into an interview I did with a waist gunner on a B17, and it's really great to be able to see all the amazing shots you have here! Thanks

These planes are just massive... You dont realise it until you actually see one up close.

great music

The B17G at Hendon is a 94th Bomb group aircraft , It would have flown from Rougham, which is near bury st edmunds. Great vid.

Great plane and music! It's possible see several details, to make in my 1/48 B17!!

I'm building Man O' War in 1/48. This is amazing reference material. Thank you!!

Thanks for sharing this nice video of the B-17! At the moment I am building a 1/48 scale model of this beauty! She will be available at The Warbird factory - (just google) ! I will put a link of this video of yours!! Thanks again. Robert

which model b-17 are you building?i built a 1:48 scale ravel b-17g.the b-17 is a awsome airplane

Yeah beautiful! Mine is the old Monogram model. You can find it built at my site: Warbird Factory (I may not give the link here but you can easily find it using a search engine). Cheers

Very nice video! Great shots of Mary Alice's interior - whenever I try that I usually just get my own reflection on the glass! I always thought Hendon would be too dark for filming but I'll have to give it a go after seeing your video!