Designed
by:
Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
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Wing
Span:
103 Feet, 9 Inches
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Built Under
License By:
Vega Aircraft Company (now Lockheed)
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Length:
74 Feet, 4 Inches
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Model:
B-17G Flying Fortress
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Height:
19 Feet, 1 Inches
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Army Air Corps
Serial Number:
#44-85740
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Service Ceiling:
35,600 Feet
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Range:
1,850 miles. Range could be extended when equipped with "Tokyo Tanks"
which provided a total capacity of 3,630 gallons. |
Armament:
Thirteen Browning M-2 .50 caliber machine guns. Fire rate approximately
13 rounds per second. No gun on a B-17 carried more than one minute's
supply of ammunition.
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Required Crew:
Ten-Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer (top turret
gunner), Radio Operator, 2 Waist Gunners, Tail Gunner and Ball Turret
Gunner
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Bomb Load:
Depending on types of bombs, maximum normal load could go to 8,000 lbs.
If B-17 was fitted with special external racks, maximum normal
short-range bomb load could go as high as 17,600 lbs. |
Power:
The B-17G is powered by four 1,200-horsepower Wright Cyclone Model
R-1820-97 engines. These engines are nine cylinder, radial, air-cooled
type with a 16:9 gear ratio. The propellers are three-bladed Hamilton
Standard propellers, 11 feet, 7 inches in diameter. |
Speeds:
Maximum 300 mph. at 30,000 ft.
Maximum continuous 263 mph. at 25,000 ft.
Cruising speed 170 mph.
Landing 74 mph.
Rate of Climb 37 minutes to 20,000 ft. |
Weights:
Basic Empty Weight 34,000 lbs.
Gross Weight (Wartime) 65,500 lbs. |
Number Built:
12,732. Production peaked at 16 airplanes a day in April 1944. Today
there are about a dozen B-17's still flying. |
Fuel Capacity:
1,700 Gallons |
Colors:
398th Bomb Group |
Delivery Date:
May 18, 1945
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