Airfix Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
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A08017B
Arguably the most visible manifestation of American military might in the Second World War was the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress four engine bomber. Operating in massed formations, these distinctive aircraft were designed to conduct daylight precision bombing missions against strategic enemy targets, with the ultimate aim of literally pounding them into submission. As its name suggests, the Flying Fortress was bristling with defensive armament and it was intended that formations of B-17s could throw so much lead into the air that any attacking enemy aircraft would either be shot down, or simply fly away from their certain demise – although this thinking did not actually materialise in combat, it did help to give the B-17 a fearsome reputation.
Without doubt, the definitive version of the Flying Fortress was the B-17G and this last mass-produced version of the aircraft was manufactured in more numbers than all previous versions combined – the B-17G was a magnificent fighting aeroplane. Addressing all the shortcomings of the previous combat variants, the B-17G incorporated a number of significant improvements, specifically around the placement and upgrading of defensive armament. The combat experiences of crews flying the earlier versions of the B-17 were crucial in producing this definitive US heavy bomber.
- Skill: 3
- No of Parts 245
Schemes
- A – Boeing B17G-70-BO Flying Fortress 43-37756 Milk Wagon, 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb group, Eighth Air force, United States Army Air Force, Royal Air Force Rattlesden, Suffolk, England 1945B – Boeing B17G-95-BO Flying Fortress 43-38728 $5 with Breakfast, 851st Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group, Eighth Air force, United States Air force, Royal Air force Eye, Suffolk England 1945
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