MODEL AIRCRAFT - WAR PLANES
WW2 AND KOREA AIRPLANES
BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS
B-17G of 388 BG in 1944 at Knettishall (Suffolk - England) refuelled by its ground crew. This aircraft was lost on 6 February 1945 when collided over Cambridgeshire while gaining formation for a mission.
B-17G Fortress:
Dimensions: Span 103 ft. 9 1/2 in. ; lenght, 74 ft. 4 in.; height, 19 ft. 1 in.; wing area, 1,420 sq. ft.Armament: Thirteen 0.5-in. Browning machine guns in chin, dorsal centre-fuselage, ventral, waist and tail positions.
Power Plants: Four Wright Cyclone GR-1820-97 nine cylinder air-cooledradial engines with General Electric B-22 exaust-driven turbo -superchargers each developing 1,200 h.p. for take-off and 1,380 h.p. under war emergency conditions at 26,700 foot
Weight: Empty, 32,720 lb.; equipped, 38,000 lb.; normal loaded, 55,000 lb.; maximum overload, 72,000 lb.
Performance: maximum speed, 300 m.p.h. at 30,000 ft.; maximum continuos speed, 263 m.p.h. at 25,000 ft.
a B-17G of the 337th Bomb Squadron, 97 BG rolls along the perimeter track at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England
One-thousand-pound high-explosive bombs dropping in train from 457th BG B-17s on 10 April
1945. The base of the Group was Glatton, Huntingdonshire, England
B-17G of 367th Bomb Squadron, 306 BG over South East England early in May 1945
Fortress of 339th Bomb Squadron, 96 BG at Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, England, on 'cab rank' as they marshal for take-off on the main runway
Looky Looky artwork on a B-17G of 851st Bomb Squadron, 490BG
Alice Blue Gown on a B-17G of 851st Squadron, 490BG at Eye, Suffolk, England
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