By September, after the RAF had lost eight B-17Cs in combat or to accidents, Bomber Command had abandoned daylight bombing raids due to the Fortress I's poor performance. The remaining aircraft were transferred to different commands for deployment to various duties including coastal defence. The ...
B-17: Fortress in the Sky: Action-oriented combat flight simulator where you take control of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crew in several missions above Europe in World War Two.
My father, Richard Fisher, was a bomb loader in this unit from late 1943 to May 1945. This aircraft did not fly combat missions during World War II, as it was delivered to the USAAF on July 16, 1945 - too late for combat.138 of N3193G 2322 of B17 1092 at KYIP ...
参考译文:这幅漫画展示了 B-17 击退敌人攻击并对德国军事能力和生产中心造成重大破坏的能力。图片来源:Lt. Col. Charles Ross Greening The B-17 Flying Fortress became symbolic of the United States of America's air power. In a 1943 Consolidated Aircraft poll of 2,500 men in cities where ...
On October 22, 1974Charles Darbyvisited the bomber by helicopter. Photographs from his visit were the first publish in his bookPacific Aircraft Wrecks. His photos show the radios, compass and flight yokes still in place. After rediscovery, visitors to the wreck removed the instruments, guns and...
To be a qualified combat engineer a man must know his airplane, his engines, and his armament equipment thoroughly. This is a big responsibility: the lives of the entire crew, the safety of the equipment, the success of the mission depend upon it squarely. ...
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(tail fin). This model was used in the Eighth Air Force’s first combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe in late 1942. Further refinements led to the F model in August 1942. One of the most famous B-17Fs was theMemphis Belle, the first plane and crew to finish 25 missions in ...
One of them isNine-O-Nine, a B-17G built in April 7, 1945. This particular aircraft was built too late to see any combat, although in the 1950s she was fitted with various instruments and exposed to three separate nuclear blasts for research purposes. It’s actually not the realNine-...
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