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November1947: The U.S. Navy Seeks Surplus B-17s
There was a time in the post-war period when the Navy was desperateto get its hands on B-17s…any B-17s anywhere…making it desperate enough to come
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Secret B-17 Recon Missions of 1948
At the conclusion of World War II, the U.S. was the dominant air power, by far, over the rest of world’s military forces. That diminished
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The Last B-17 (sorta)
For the U.S. military, the Boeing B-17s was primarily operated by the Army Air Forces during World War II. A sizeable number of B-17s continued
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The Dominican B-17s
In an obscure little corner of the B-17 story are the B-17s used by the air arm of the Dominican Republic in the late 1940s
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Last DB-17/QB-17 Drone Mission (August 6, 1959)
The B-17 soldiered on with the Army Air Forces and, later, United States Air Force (USAF) after World War II ended in 1945. Though immediately
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A Big Hangar and B-17 Wing Spars
Looking back at some information I posted a few years ago on a B-17 News Page at the aerovintage webiste, I found this tidbit that
B-17 Air Tankers
The First B-17 ‘Borate Bomber’
The B-17 had a long and distinguished utilization as an air tanker in the annual battle against forest and range fires fought in the U.S.
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Story of a B-17E: Nobby’s Harriet “Z”
Way back in July 2015, I posted an image on my Aero Vintage B-17 News page sent in to me by noted author Steve Birdsall
B-17 Production
The B-17s That Never Were
The sudden end of World War II in August 1945 brought a tremendous upheaval to the American airplane manufacturers. Adjustments to contracts had already occurred
B-17 Armament
B-17E Remote Turret: Bendix or Sperry?
This is a bit of an old subject here at Aero Vintage Books, but I thought it worth revisiting. The first B-17Es rolled from the