Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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title: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
text: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II. It is the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the American four-engined Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the German multirole, twin-engined Junkers Ju 88. It was a
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description: American WWII-era heavy bomber
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
date created: 2002-01-15T22:05:58Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T02:22:53Z
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