The Boeing B-17 by Ben Skipper
English | February 16, 2023 | ISBN-10: 1399086472 | ISBN-13: 9781399086479 | 107 Pages | EPUB | 79.5 MB
The B-17 Flying Fortress, a term coined by a Seattle Daily Times report in 1935, was a quantum leap in offensive air power. Designed for a nation whose foreign policy was still deeply isolationist, and an Air Corps whose in-service bomber fleet was dominated by bi-planes, the B-17, with its four engines, huge wingspan, enviable payload – almost double that of contemporary bombers – and all metal construction, ushered in a new age.