Hell's Kitchen –B-17F 41-24392 was one of only three early B-17F's in 414th BS to complete more than 100 combat missions.[198]【参考译文】地狱厨房号——B-17F 41-24392是第414轰炸机中队仅有的三架早期B-17F中,完成超过100次战斗任务的一架。[198] Mary Ann –a B-17D that was pa...
missions with available Instant Action mode Carry out a realistic 25-mission tour of duty based on historically accurate scenarios and targets Plan real missions, select authentic flying formations and manage both crews and bombers Experience breathtaking air combat sequences using a myriad of special ...
missions, select authentic flying formations and manage both crews and bombers Experience breathtaking air combat sequences using a myriad of special views Take total control: Take-off and land massive bombers, shoot from various crew positions, navigate across a realistically mapped Europe, operate ...
* She was combat active from 21 Feb to 11 Dec 1944. A total of 314 days during which she flew 117 combat missions with only one abort (her 114th mission). Giving her an average of flying every two & a half day. Text from
-Bombs: Short range missions (400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) Long range missions (800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg) Overload : 17,600 lb (7,800 kg) Living Warbirds: The best warbirds DVD series. Source: WikiPedia
The Boeing B-17C was hastily placed in frontline service with the RAF as the Fortress Mk I, but it was not ready for combat. The guns froze in flight and bombing accuracy was poor, and it was withdrawn from service. In 1940, thirty-eight B-17Cs were produced of which twenty B-17Cs...
Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew it. It's nicknam...
Thanks to our good friends from the community and in life, this B-17 is it going to celebrate the history of dear community members grandfather. The aircraft will be a replica of bomboogie which flew over 99 missions. As the paint job gets finished up, we take on a new challenge to ...
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Curtis LeMay would be a major in command of the 305th Bombardment Group, a B-17 unit, at the beginning of World War II. He personally led many combat missions over Europe, and would command the 4th Bombardment Wing, then the 3rd Air Division. By the end of the war, he was in comma...