B-17 Flying Fortress

On July 28, 1935, the first porotype of the B-17 or also known as the B-299 took off from Boeing Field in south Seattle on its first ever test flight (Boeing “B-17”). Seattle Times reporter Richard Smith dubbed the new plane, with its many .30 caliber machine-guns, the “Flying Fortress,” (qtd.in Boeing). A name that Boeing quickly adopted and trademarked for the gigantic bomber (Boeing “B-17”). The U.S. Army Air Corps designated the plane as the B-17. Boeing created the plane in response to the

keywords.] P-51 Mustang: A Fighter and an Escort changes the course of World War II Long before the B-17 came to be and, in fact, long before the United States would enter the Second World War, the Army Air Corps put out a request for bomber prototypes. Three companies answered the call with Boeing Airplane Company being one them. Originally labeled the Model 299, Boeing raised eyebrows in excitement by flying their offering 2,000 miles nonstop at an average speed of 252 mph from the plant in Seattle, WA

that the courageous members of the allied Air Forces all felt during the time of WWII. Several different types of fighting were used in WWII, battleships, tanks, and legions of soldiers, but the most useful, and perhaps the most deadly of all was flying a military aircraft. Aircrafts were powerful tools in the war, yet they were also a very expensive price to pay. The risk of using aircraft in combat was high, but it was extremely useful to the allied forces. First, during the dark time of WWII

The United States Air Force This paper deals with the contributions of the United States Air Force to the eventual victory of the Allies in Europe during World War II. The Allied powers had no idea how important a strong air force would be against the Axis powers during World War II. The fact that Hitler moved east in 1941 and had planned to do so since 1940, had important implications for the British war effort. Though still powerless to prevent German initiatives

most iconic bombers of World War II was the B-17 Flying Fortress. This paper will explain what brought about the development of the B-17 and its inception, as well as the B-17’s role in combat and supporting ground troops. Lastly, discussed are the Memphis Belle and Old 666, two notable B-17’s

Three hours later, another 529 Lancasters approached the city, but this time they were armed with firebombs. Another onslaught by 311 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress bombers followed in the morning (Steele 2). The bombers proceeded across the charming city until all of Dresden was burning. Flames of thousands of fires consumed air from outside and sucked it in with “the force of a hurricane,” spreading

A Reflection on “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” Rebeca Espirito Santo The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner “From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze Six miles from the earth, loosed from its dream of life I woke to black flack and the nightmare fighters When I died they washed me out of the turret with

Looking back to World War II, nobody ever thinks about who contributed to the war and how he or she contributed whether it be money, work, or even his or her own life. Few people in Florida and even in our local area understand the important role Eglin Air Force Base played during World War II. The primary mission of the Base during World War II was to perform operational suitability testing for the Army Air Corps. Eglin Air Force Base was originally started as Valparaiso Airport in 1933. There

Louie Zamperini Louie Zamperini wasn’t the brightest kid in his neighborhood, nor the smartest, but he was the fastest. Bent on making it to the olympics, and there forth breaking the four minute mile; there is nothing in the world that can stop him. Except World War 2. Enlisted as a bombardier, he finds himself in the middle of the ocean. Hundreds of miles from land, he has to endure the unbearable. His determination, persistence, and strive for life is the real runner inside of him that never

bombers, “B-17 Flying Fortress” and “B-29 Flying Fortress.” During WWII, when the nazi’s started to take over countries around Germany, the allies had an idea to use the B-17 bombers to bomb out the factories that were built throughout Germany. By doing this the nazis became weaker, and it handed the allies a chance to start attacking germany on all sides. After Hitler went down in defeat, Japan sent fighter-bombers over to Hawaii and bombed them out. United States started to produce B-29s with researching