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Description
| Manufacturer: | Boeing |
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| Base model: | B-17 | ||
| Designation: | B-17 | ||
| Version: | G | ||
| Nickname: | Flying Fortress | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Bomber | ||
| Crew: | 10 | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 74' 4" | 22.6 m | |
| Height: | 19' 2" | 5.8 m | |
| Wingspan: | 103' 9" | 31.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,420.0 sq ft | 131.9 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 36,135 lb | 16,387 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 65,500 lb | 29,705 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-1820-97 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,000 miles | 3,220 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 150 mph | 241 km/h | 130 kt |
| Max Speed: | 287 mph | 462 km/h | 249 kt |
| Ceiling: | 35,600 ft | 10,850 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover AFB | Delaware |
| American Airpower Museum | Farmingdale | New York |
| Castle Air Museum | Atwater | California |
| Eighth Air Force Museum | Barksdale AFB | Louisiana |
| Fantasy of Flight | Polk City | Florida |
| Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | Grissom AFB | Indiana |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | Hill AFB | Utah |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
| The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" | Chino | California |
| USAF Armament Museum | Eglin AFB | Florida |
| USAF History and Traditions Museum | San Antonio | Texas |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| Vintage Flying Museum | Ft. Worth | Texas |
| Yankee Air Museum | Belleville | Michigan |
B-17G on display
Air Mobility Command Museum | American Airpower Museum | Castle Air Museum | Eighth Air Force Museum | |
Fantasy of Flight | Grissom Air Park - Heritage Museum Foundation | March Field Museum | Pima Air & Space Museum | |
The Air Museum | The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" | United States Air Force Museum | USAF Armament Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Debra Anthony Larson , GA | My father was a ball turret gunner on a B17G. He was with the 325 Bomb sq. 92 Bomb group stationed in Podington England. Plane 42-140. His plane was shut down on August 3, 20144 during a raid to France. He was a POW until April 1945. Any information about his crew would be appreciated. 10/20/2013 @ 14:56 [ref: 68117] |
| Debra Anthony Larson , GA | My father was a ball turret gunner on a B17G. He was with the 325 Bomb sq. 92 Bomb group stationed in Podington England. Plane 42-140. His plane was shut down on August 3, 20144 during a raid to France. He was a POW until April 1945. Any information about his crew would be appreciated. 10/20/2013 @ 14:56 [ref: 68116] |
| Lindsey Breckenridge Meridian, MS | Mr. Jenkins
My Grandfather was on the plane with the serial number 42-97219 and was shot down over Germany on Sept. 28, 1944. Would you uncle happen to have been Victor Olson? If so would you please contact me. lbreckrn@bellsouth.net 05/28/2012 @ 11:40 [ref: 58115] |
| James Sands II , NV | How do you submit photos to this site ???
sandsvegas@aol.com 04/29/2012 @ 01:39 [ref: 56565] |
| William Paul Burger Tucson, AZ | I am looking for any information on B-17 43-38273. I know that it's last run was to bomb Ulm and in route was hit by B-17 42-38035. Does anyone have an accident report and any contacts to Stanley J. Lajkowski (the one who survived). I am releated to George C. Burger 2nd Lt. and Co. Pilot with the Rusecky Crew was KIA that day. I am looking for any information on George. Thanks!
Bill 11/07/2011 @ 03:14 [ref: 50020] |
| James Plough Jefferson City, TN | Came across an article in Reminisce Magazine from a Fred Freeman, Tombstone, AZ asking about a B-17G, tail number 230031 that was shot down over France in 1943-1944 (?). It apparently belly-landed after the crew bailed out. He was looking for any information about that plane and what happened to the wreckage, if anything. Thanks. 07/13/2011 @ 09:22 [ref: 40288] |
| tom veith s. charleston, OH | i have a plane you seem to have left out of your listing.
it is "the Champaign Lady" #44-485813. it is located at grimes field, grimes museum, Urbana,Ohio. I am one of the many volunteers working on rebuilding it to flying statis. it never saw action. 12/12/2010 @ 08:22 [ref: 34190] |
| Eric Newark, DE | I was wondering if any body can help me out. I am looking for a B-17 that my grandfather flew on was a waist gunner during the Pacific War. He was on one of the plans that flew from California to Hickam Field on 7 Dec 1941. The plane survived the bombing. He went on to fly several missions in the Pacific. His plane was shot down off the coast of New Guinea in 1943. I dont have a serial number of the plane or the unit he was with at the time. All I know is the plane had the name "Limpin' Liz". If any one could help me out you can email me at opiet1212@yahoo.com 10/14/2010 @ 08:38 [ref: 31488] |
| Janssen Martinus Dilsen-Stokkem (Belgium), WA | There is also the B 17 G Serial number : 42 - 31250
called \"Mag the Hag, the 2nd\" Shot down at Neustadt Germany the 13 ept. 1944 The 7 crew members MIA, 1 crewmember POW. 09/29/2010 @ 03:13 [ref: 30856] |
| Chris Sheppard St Petersburg, FL | Mr Jenkins, I think it is perhaps the "Rebel's Revenge" you are looking for. 388th Bomb Group, 560th Bomb Squadron, Knettishall England.
Shot down Sept 27, 1944. Here is a link to the Tail of that A/C http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/gallery/Updike388/SCAN0301 09/10/2010 @ 09:03 [ref: 29836] |
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