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Rows of B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers are under production at a Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington. 1942-1945. Pound bombs dropped from a US Army Air Force Flying Fortress bomber fall towards an oil refinery at Leghorn.

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The pilots fire up the #4 engine as a ground crewman crouches underneath and finishes his preparations for the launch of B-17G "Liberty Belle" at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, Tennessee, on 28 June 2005. Photo by Sonny Jones.

Aviation photos of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft shared by photographers from around the world

A collection of historic pictures of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, an American four-engine long-range heavy bomber.

Jul 21, 2021 · The underside of the B-17 featured the Sperry ball turret, a spherical space about four feet in diameter and capable of rotating 360 degrees. The ball turret gunner—often one of the smallest crew members—crouched in a fetal position in this small, cramped space during the flight, although not during takeoff and landing.

B-17 Sally B/Memphis Belle in a formation fly-by with a pair of P-51s re-enacting a typical scene from the second part of WW2. The Mustangs are G-BTCD Ferocious Frankie and D-FBBD Big Beautiful Doll .

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, 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.

Coyle & Clint West standing in front of B-17 'Screw Loose'.