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Wikipedia: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), introduced in the 1930s. Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both 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.
![[A picture of B-17 Flying Fortress]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Flying_Fortress_Cartoon_s.jpg "A picture of B-17 Flying Fortress")
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![[SB-17G-95DL 44-83722 assigned to the 2nd ERS as a Search and Rescue aircraft]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boeing_SB_17G_s.jpg "SB-17G-95DL 44-83722 assigned to the 2nd ERS as a Search and Rescue aircraft")
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![[A Boeing B]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pratt_Whitney_T_34_B_17_testbed_NAN10_50_s.jpg "A Boeing B")
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![[Model 299 NX13372]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boeing_XB_17_28Model_299_29_s.jpg "Model 299 NX13372")
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![[Boeing B-17F bombing through overcast – Bremen, Germany, on 13 Nov. 1943.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17F_Radar_Bombing_over_Germany_1943_s.jpg "Boeing B-17F bombing through overcast – Bremen, Germany, on 13 Nov. 1943.")
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![[Boeing B-17C Fortress I in RAF colors.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17C_with_RAF_colors_s.jpg "Boeing B-17C Fortress I in RAF colors.")
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![[Blister turret of Model 299, not adopted for production]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boeing_XB_17_blister_turret_s.jpg "Blister turret of Model 299, not adopted for production")
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![[U.S. Coast Guard PB-1G stationed at Kodiak, Alaska.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/USCG_IIP_PB_1G_Kodiak_2C_Alaska_late_1940s_s.jpg "U.S. Coast Guard PB-1G stationed at Kodiak, Alaska.")
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![[B-17Bs at March Field, California, prior to attack on Pearl Harbor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17B_Bombers_at_Marshall_Field_2C_California_prior_to_7_December_1941_s.jpg "B-17Bs at March Field, California, prior to attack on Pearl Harbor")
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![[B-17G of the 384th Bomb Group on the bomb run]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17G_formation_on_bomb_run_s.jpg "B-17G of the 384th Bomb Group on the bomb run")
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![[Nose detail of Boeing B]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Typhoon_McGoon_II_2C_New_Caledonia_2C_January_1943_s.jpg "Nose detail of Boeing B")
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![[Under a program known as 'Cadillac ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/US_Navy_PB_1W_s.jpg "Under a program known as 'Cadillac ")
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![[Rear interior of B-17]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17_waist_and_tail_20060603_s.jpg "Rear interior of B-17")
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![[B-17 Damaged on Bombing Mission over Cologne, Germany (USAF Photograph)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17_Damage_Cologne_s.jpg "B-17 Damaged on Bombing Mission over Cologne, Germany (USAF Photograph)")
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from :en:Signaleer |
![[B-17G nose detail]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/B_17G_Nose_in_Detail_s.jpg "B-17G nose detail")
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![[Nose turret with gun fitted to the prototype]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Boeing_XB_17_28Model_299_29_nose_turret_with_gun_s.jpg "Nose turret with gun fitted to the prototype")
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