Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and more than met the Air Corps’ expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing’s design that they ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation.

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manufacturer

Boeing

number built

12731

production end year

1945-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

production start year

1936-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

successor

Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress, Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress, Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress

type

Heavy bomber

unit cost ($)

238329.0