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How Many B-17 Flying Fortresses Are Left?

Built from 1936 to 1945, about 45 intact Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress remain. Today, less than 10 are estimated to still be airworthy. There were 12,731 B-17s produced in total, of which 4,735 were ...
The National Interest

A B-17 Bomber Is Being Restored—After Years as a Gas Station Ornament!

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...
KREM

Restored B-17 Bomber arrives at Boeing Field

SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...
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Flying Fortress : the Boeing B-17 / by Ernest R. McDowell ; illustrated by Don Greer

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Familiarization and inspection manual for the B-17F Flying Fortress, manufactured by Boeing Aircraft Company, Seattle, Washington

The following pamphlet, with transparent color overlay illustrations, is bound in, apparently as issued: Wright Cyclone 9 cylinder model R-1820 engine, power plant of the B-17F. DSI NASMRB copy ...