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Aircraft type
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Registration
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B-17G-30-DL (42-38091)
Description
English: Douglas-built B-17G-30-DL 42-38091 was a stateside B-17G used for training. It was first delivered to Cheyenne, WY, in December 1943. Photo shows the chin turret with .50 caliber machine guns featured in later models. The B-17 weighed about 60,000 lbs., carried a bomb load of 6000 lbs., at a speed of approximately 300 miles per hour.
Source http://afhra.maxwell.af.mil/photo_galleries/aaf_wwii_vol_vi/Captions/012_B-17.htm (image with caption)


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This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

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B-17 on a bomb run

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