Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Variants
The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. For a broader article on the history of the B-17, see B-17 Flying Fortress.
Read more about Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Variants: Boeing Model 299 (XB-17), Y1B-17 (YB-17), B-17A (Y1B-17A), B-17B, B-17C, B-17D, B-17E, B-17F, B-17G
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Resounded from the hills, the neighing steed
Wild for the chase, and the loud hunter’s shout—
O’er a weak, harmless, flying creature, all
Mixed in mad tumult and discordant joy.”
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Shuddering insidious shock of the theory-vendors
The little sardine men crammed in a monster toy
Who tilt their aggregate beast against our crumbling Troy.”
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