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Describes the Flying Fortress' wartime service against the Nazis and Japanese, bringing the story up to the present time, via restorations and the plane's starring role in the film "Memphis Belle".

Describes the Flying Fortress' wartime service against the Nazis and Japanese, bringing the story up to the present time, via restorations and the plane's starring role in the film "Memphis Belle". This book is designed to be of interest to aviation and military enthusiasts.

Flying to Glory book. Describes the Flying Fortress' wartime service against the Nazis and Japanese, bringing the story up to the present time, via restorations and the plane's starring role in the film "Memphis Belle".

Martin W. Bowm. lying to glor. ome. Written by Martin W. Bowman Published by Patrick Stephens Limited in 1992 ISBN: 1852603283. FLYING TO GLORY THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS IN WAR AND PEACE Written by Martin W. Bowman. Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. Categorised in: MILITARY.

The B-17 Flying Fortress in War and Peace. Published January 1992 by Patrick Stephens.

This list of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress operators is a list of users who flew and operated the Boeing B-17. The B-17 was among the first mass-produced four-engined heavy bombers. A total of more than 12,000 were made, making its use as a heavy bomber second only to the B-24 Liberator

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The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these .

The B-17 saw combat in the Pacific from the moment a formation of these bombers arrived at Pearl Harbor during the midst of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack. By the end of the war, SB-17 rescue craft were saving combat crews in the waters off Japan. This book reveals why, to the public, the Flying Fortress was better known than the Spitfire, the Boeing 747, or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis. The name recognition enjoyed by the B-17 was that company's reason for creating B-17 Steak Sauce and Osprey's reason to round out the saga of this great wartime aircraft.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications.