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 B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. It is still one of the most recognised aeroplanes ever built. It was most widely used for daylight strategic bombings of German industrial targets during World War II as part of the United States Eighth Air Force.

  • Development
  • Operational History
  • Variants/Design Stages
  • Units Using the B-17
  • Noted B-17 Pilots
  • Specifications

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    [Bomber Field / BomberFieldUSA.com] Bomber Field is an organization dedicated to the building and flying of all types and sizes of radio controlled aircraft. We have a special interest in preserving, through modeling, the memory of all the brave pilots and crews who fought to preserve our freedom in the skies all over the world.

    Through fellowship at our gatherings we hope to insure that these memories do not fade.


    The 2009 Bomber Field B-17 Big Bird Fly-in Winner - Larry Wells from Missouri



    Bomber Field's expanded 700' long by 50' wide runway.

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    B.B. Weber's new Convair 440 and in the background is his Super Constellation.

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  • Super Constellation on Landing
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