The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four engine propeller driven heavy bomber, used during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force. The B-17G is differentiated by its heavy duty armor and additional armaments over previous aircraft. With an ability to take heavy damage and still return home, the stories and photos which circulated helped to add to the B-17’s iconic status.
Liberty Belle was a popular name for United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft during World War II; over two dozen known individual Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators used the name.
The combat Liberty Belles were commemorated by two B-17s which used the name, with one still remaining as a static display: Miss Liberty Belle (USAAF serial 44-83690) is displayed at the Grissom Air Museum. The Liberty Foundation flew a composite B-17 named Liberty Belle (constructed from two damaged aircraft (sn. 44-85734 and the rear part of sn. 44-85813)) as a warbird from 2004 until 2011, when it was destroyed in a fire after an emergency landing. It is currently under rebuild at the Brooks Aviation Center in Douglas, Georgia.
Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress...
Boeing's four-engine propeller-drive B-29 Superfortress was one of the largest aircraft used during World War II. The world's most-advanced bomber at that time, it featured three pressurized crew...
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The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission military tilt-rotor aircraft, with both a vertical takeoff and landing and short takeoff and landing capabilities. The aircraft was designed to...
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The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission military tilt-rotor aircraft, with both a vertical take-off and landing and short take-off and landing capabilities. As a helicopter-airplane hybrid,...
The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat made by the Boeing Airplane Company and operated by Pan American World Airways from 1939-1946. The 314 used a series of thick ribs and spars to...
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed...
