"upgraded and fitted with exhaust-driven General Electric turbochargers. Scheduled to fly in 1937, it encountered problems with the turbochargers, and its first flight was delayed until 1938. The aircraft was delivered to the army on 1939. Once service testing was complete, the Y1B-17s and Y1B-17A were redesignated B-17 and B-17A, respectively, to signify the change to operational status. Opposition to the air corps' ambitions for the acquisition of more B-17s faded, and in late 1937, 10 more aircraft designated B-17B were ordered to equip two bombardment groups, one on each U.S. coast. Improved with larger flaps and rudder and a"
"Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby , originally Shoo Shoo Baby, is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and on public display. A B-17G-35-BO, serial number ""42-32076"", and manufactured by Boeing, it was named by her crew for a song of the same name made popular by The Andrews Sisters, the favorite song of its crew chief T/Sgt. Hank Cordes. Photographs of the bomber indicate that a third ""Shoo"" was added to the name at some point in May 1944 when the original aircraft commander completed his tour of duty and was replaced by"
"Operation Aphrodite Aphrodite and Anvil were the World War II code names of United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy operations to use B-17 and PB4Y bombers as precision-guided munitions against bunkers and other hardened/reinforced enemy facilities, such as those targeted during Operation Crossbow. The plan called for B-17 aircraft that had been taken out of operational service (various nicknames existed such as ""robot"", ""baby"", ""drone"" or ""weary Willy"") to be loaded to capacity with explosives, and flown by radio control into bomb-resistant fortifications such as German U-boat pens and V-weapon sites. It was hoped that it would"
"had ten drones and four ""motherships"". Notes Further reading Operation Aphrodite Aphrodite and Anvil were the World War II code names of United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy operations to use B-17 and PB4Y bombers as precision-guided munitions against bunkers and other hardened/reinforced enemy facilities, such as those targeted during Operation Crossbow. The plan called for B-17 aircraft that had been taken out of operational service (various nicknames existed such as ""robot"", ""baby"", ""drone"" or ""weary Willy"") to be loaded to capacity with explosives, and flown by radio control into bomb-resistant fortifications such as German U-boat pens"
"National Museum of the United States Air Force will possess the world's two most historically significant B-17s, and another B-17G model can easily be obtained when funds and space become available. When restoration is completed on ""The Swoose"", it will eventually join ""Memphis Belle"" on display at the Museum. Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby , originally Shoo Shoo Baby, is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and on public display. A B-17G-35-BO, serial number ""42-32076"", and manufactured by Boeing, it was named by her crew for a song of the same name made"
"B-17 ""Purdy Gertie"", after his wife, Gertrude. On his 26th mission, Kipper was shot down over Bologna, where he was captured and spent more than seven months as a Nazi prisoner of war in the POW camps Stalag Luft III (celebrated in books, TV and film for ""the Great Escape"") and Stalag VII. Kipper's camp was liberated by troops of George S. Patton in August 1945. When Kipper returned to Los Angeles after the war, he purchased a small store to sell flags. He then added balloons, which were a big hit, because rubber was rationed during the war. Then"
"Yardbird Yardbird is a word that has had several informal meanings. Yardbird is post-Second World War African American slang for a prisoner, from the notion of prison yards. During the Second World War, in the armed forces it meant a basic trainee, as they spent most of their time in the yards. Also, naval vessels coming into port for maintenance would be 'descended upon' by crews in the port's maintenance yard. Hence, the ship's crew referred to them as ""yardbirds"". B-17 bombers: ""Yardbird"" was the nickname given to two United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers which flew combat"
"1966, where the aircraft had a chemical hopper and spray bars fitted under the wings. After operating as a pest control, forest dusting and fire fighting aircraft, the aircraft wound up its postwar career in 1976. In 1978, Dr. Bill Harrison, heading up ""B-17s Around the World"", funded the purchase of the aircraft, which had been parked in open storage in Dothan, Alabama for two years. Renamed ""Aluminum Overcast,"" the name commemorates the 601st Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group (Heavy)'s B-17G #42-102516 that was shot down on its 34th combat mission over Le Manoir, France, on 13 August 1944. Veterans"
"Sally B Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, it is the only airworthy B-17 left in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s in the United Kingdom. The aircraft is based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, ""Sally B"" flies at airshows in the UK and across Europe as well as serving as an airborne memorial to the United States Army Air Forces airmen who lost their lives in the European theatre during World War II. The aircraft was delivered to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) on 19 June"
"B-17s that had landed intact. Seven of these were converted by Saab Aircraft into airliners that could carry 14 passengers, and ""Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby"" flew for SILA (now Scandinavian Airlines). In December 1945 it was one of two B-17s sold to Danish carrier Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, later a part of SAS, and remained in civilian service until June 1947 as the ""Stig Viking"" (civilian registry ""OY-DFA""). The B-17 was subsequently transferred in March 1948 to the Danish Army Air Corps, flying as ""Store Bjørn"" ""672"", and in December 1949, to the Danish Naval Air Service. From October 1952"
"All American (aircraft) The All American (full name All American III) was a World War II Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress bomber aircraft that was able to return safely to its base after having its rear fuselage nearly cut off by an in-flight collision with a German fighter over enemy-held territory. The bomber's flight is said to have yielded one of the most famous photographs of World War II, and has been linked with the phrase ""Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer."" It inspired the 414th Bombardment Squadron's emblem, an image of a puppy praying atop an aircraft's tail"
"B-25 was used to great effect. Throughout history the B-25’s are famous for two main things: The B-25 Mitchell is a twin engine medium bomber and the B-25 had two Wright R-2600-13 Double Cyclone fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radials, rated at 1700 hp each for takeoff and 1500 hp at 2400 rpm. Equipped with Holley 1685HA carburetors or Bendix Stromberg carburetors. The B-25 is named after General Billy Mitchell and is the only American military aircraft named after a specific person. The B-25 can be flown by a six-person crew. The B-25 has multiple turrets. The plane has one in the front"
"was a swoose."" - a name also partly shared with the oldest surviving B-17. Flight tests of the first prototype, ""41-1210"", began on 15 January 1943. Initial trials showed performance to be substantially below guarantees. At the same time, development of the XH-2470 engine was discontinued and, although it appeared possible to substitute the Allison V-3420 engine without substantial airframe changes, the projected delay and costs resulted in a decision not to consider production buys. The prototypes continued to be used in an experimental program until problems with the Lycoming engines and lack of spare parts caused termination. The second"
"Sentimental Journey (aircraft) Sentimental Journey (44-83514) is the nickname of a B-17G Flying Fortress bomber. It is based at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Arizona. The aircraft is regularly flown to airshows throughout North America. The nose art features Betty Grable, the number one pinup girl of the World War II era. The aircraft's name takes after a song made very popular by Doris Day in 1945. Boeing B-17G 44-83514 was built by Douglas Aircraft in late 1944, and was accepted by the U.S. Army Air Forces on 13 March 1945. Assigned to the Pacific theater for the"
"back to the United States. About 2,000 C-47s (received under lend-lease) in British and Commonwealth service took the name ""Dakota"", possibly inspired by the acronym ""DACoTA"" for Douglas Aircraft Company Transport Aircraft. The C-47 also earned the informal nickname ""gooney bird"" in the European theatre of operations. Other sources attribute this name to the first aircraft, a USMC R2D—the military version of the DC-2—being the first aircraft to land on Midway Island, previously home to the long-winged albatross known as the gooney bird, which was native to Midway. The United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command had Skytrains in service"
"later RB-17) until 1949. With the disestablishment of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the establishment of an independent U.S. Air Force in 1947, most extant B-17s were transferred to USAF. The USAF Air Rescue Service of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) operated B-17s as so-called ""Dumbo"" air-sea rescue aircraft. Work on using B-17s to carry airborne lifeboats had begun in 1943, but they entered service in the European theater only in February 1945. They were also used to provide search and rescue support for B-29 raids against Japan. About 130 B-17s were converted to the air-sea rescue role,"
"conversation, and be easier to memorise. For fixed-wing aircraft, single-syllable words denoted piston-prop and turboprop, while multiple-syllable words denoted jets. Bombers had names starting with the letter ""B"" and names like ""Badger"" (2 syllables: jet), ""Bear"" (single syllable: propeller), and ""Blackjack"" were used. ""Frogfoot,"" the reporting name for the Sukhoi Su-25, references the aircraft's close air support role. Transports had names starting with ""C"" (as in ""cargo""), which resulted in names like ""Condor"" or ""Candid"". The initial letter of the name indicated the use of that equipment. The first letter indicates the type of aircraft, like ""B""ear for a bomber"
"had arrived in Luft Stalag 17-B in Krems Austria where they were held POW for just over a year until the end of the war. The June 1944 issue of ""Popular Science"" featured the article of the successful restoration of ""Sir Baboon McGoon"" from its October 1943 belly landing. By the time the article appeared in print, the aircraft had been on the bottom of the North Sea for at least two months. Sir Baboon McGoon Sir Baboon McGoon was an American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a Douglas-Long Beach built B-17F-75-DL, ASN 42-3506, last assigned to the 324th Bombardment Squadron,"
"Saab 17 The Saab 17 was a Swedish bomber-reconnaissance aircraft. The project was initiated in response to a request in 1938 from the Swedish air force for a reconnaissance aircraft that could replace the Fokker S 6. Design work began at the end of the 1930s as the L 10 by ASJA, but after the merger with Saab in 1939 it was renamed Saab 17. The wings were reinforced to make it possible for use as a dive bomber. Since there was a shortage of engines the aircraft were flown to their destination, where the engines were removed and returned"
"Northrop A-17 The Northrop A-17, a development of the Northrop Gamma 2F was a two-seat, single-engine, monoplane, attack bomber built in 1935 by the Northrop Corporation for the U.S. Army Air Corps. In British Commonwealth service, A-17s were called Nomads. The Northrop Gamma 2F was an attack bomber derivative of the Northrop Gamma transport aircraft, developed in parallel with the Northrop Gamma 2C, (of which one was built), designated the YA-13 and XA-16. The Gamma 2F had a revised tail, cockpit canopy and wing flaps compared with the Gamma 2C, and was fitted with new semi-retractable landing gear. It was"
"Sukhoi Su-17 The Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a Soviet variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed from the Sukhoi Su-7. It enjoyed a long career in Soviet, later Russian, service and was widely exported to Eastern Bloc, Arab air forces, Angola and Peru as the Su-20 and Su-22. It is the first variable-sweep wing of Russian/Soviet origin. Seeking to improve low-speed and take-off/landing performance of the Su-7B fighter-bomber, in 1963 the Sukhoi OKB with input from TsAGI created a variable-sweep wing technology demonstrator. The Su-7IG (internal designation S-22I, NATO designation ""Fitter-B""), converted from a production Su-7BM, had fixed inner portions"
"Boeing 717 The Boeing 717 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner, developed for the 100-seat market. The airliner was designed and originally marketed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95, a derivative of the DC-9 family. Capable of seating up to 134 passengers, the 717 has a design range of 2,060 nautical miles (3,815 km). It is powered by two Rolls-Royce BR715 turbofan engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage. The first order was placed in October 1995 by ValuJet Airlines (later AirTran Airways); McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merged in 1997 prior to production. The airliner entered service in 1999"
"the May Bank Holiday weekend. Flypasts over former Eighth Air Force bases are also carried out whenever possible during the summer months. Sally B Sally B is the name of an airworthy 1945-built Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, it is the only airworthy B-17 left in Europe, as well as one of three B-17s in the United Kingdom. The aircraft is based at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England, ""Sally B"" flies at airshows in the UK and across Europe as well as serving as an airborne memorial to the United States Army Air Forces airmen who lost their lives in"
"Company who purchased the aircraft to serve as a cargo hauler, hauling cattle in Florida and Puerto Rico. Its new role necessitated removing the original radio compartment and floor, replacing it with a strengthened floor. In 1949, Aero Service Corporation bought the aircraft and turned it back into an aerial photography and surveying platform. In this role, during the next 12 years, the B-17 carried out mapping operations over Arabia, Libya, Lebanon, Iran, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt and Jordan. Its next role was in aerial application with first Chris Stolzfus and Associates in 1962, and then Dothan Aviation Corporation in"
"B-17 ""Flying Fortress"" bomber, named ""Thunderbird,"" under attack during its the 70th mission on 15 August 1944. In a 1989 interview with ""The New York Times"", Ferris described how he scaled up the working image, using a grid system—with fine squares for the working image and coarse squares for the mural—and completed each portion working from left to right, using correspondingly larger paint brushes. The mural took approximately 135 days of planning and 75 days of execution. The second mural, ""The Evolution of Jet Aviation"", depicts 27 historically significant jet aircraft, including the first and the fastest, and models from"
"the first B-17s were delivered to the Air Corps 2nd Bombardment Group, they were used on flights to promote their long range and navigational capabilities. In January 1938, group commander Colonel Robert Olds flew a YB-17 from the United States's east coast to its west coast, setting a transcontinental record of 13 hours 27 minutes. He also broke the west-to-east coast record on the return trip, averaging in 11 hours 1 minute. Six bombers of the 2nd Bombardment Group took off from Langley Field on 1938 as part of a goodwill flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Covering they returned on"
"Billy Zane, and Harry Connick Jr. in 1990. The most famous B-17, the ""Memphis Belle"", toured the U. S. with its crew to reinforce national morale (and to sell war bonds). It starred in a USAAF documentary, """". B-17's are seen flying (and crashing in flames) in the British film The Way to the Stars. The song, ""Icarus II (Borne On Wings Of Steel)"" by Kansas, from the album Somewhere to Elsewhere, has lyrics sung by Steve Walsh that describe the heroic sacrifice a B-17 pilot makes to save his crew after they are hit and going down, ordering them"
"Thunderbird (aircraft) Thunderbird was a high mission tally Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress of the 303rd Bombardment Group during World War II. The original plane, serial number 42-38050, was scrapped at the end of the war and no longer exists. It is now represented by a mural in the WWII galley of the National Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington, DC. The name also appears on a later B-17G. That restoration and replica of Thunderbird is one of the few surviving flyable B-17s, and is the largest aircraft housed at the Lone Star Flight Museum, in Houston, Texas."
"resulting in a hybrid B-17D. The bomber became ""half swan and half goose"" just like the lyrics in the then-popular novelty song ""Alexander, The Swoose."" Before the end of the war, ""The Swoose"" was scheduled to be scrapped and smelted down for its aluminium content. Kurtz then convinced the City of Los Angeles to retrieve his by-then famous bomber for use as a World War II memorial: It was the only B-17 that flew from the beginning of World War II until the end. Today, ""The Swoose"" is the oldest surviving B-17 and the only early ""D"" model still in"
"existence. It is being restored at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Fairborn, Ohio. After 24 years in the service of the United States Armed Forces (U.S. Army Air Corps, U.S. Army Air Forces, and the U.S. Air Force), Kurtz retired and became a top executive at the William May Garland development firm. Kurtz married Margret ""Margo"" Kurtz and had one child, actress Swoosie Kurtz (born 1944). His daughters first name ""Swoosie"" (rhymes with Lucy, rather than woozy) is derived from his two B-17s named ""The Swoose"" and ""Swoose II"", which he piloted"
"Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is an American wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft, often referred to by its original nickname, ""Jumbo Jet"". Its distinctive hump upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft has made it one of the most recognizable aircraft, and it was the first wide-body airplane produced. Manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States, the 747 was originally envisioned to have 150 percent greater capacity than the Boeing 707, a common large commercial aircraft of the 1960s. First flown commercially in 1970, the 747 held the passenger capacity record for 37"
"Memphis Belle (aircraft) Memphis Belle is a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress used during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film, """", and a 1990 Hollywood feature film, ""Memphis Belle"". The aircraft was one of the first United States Army Air Forces B-17 heavy bombers to complete 25 combat missions. The aircraft and crew then returned to the United States to sell war bonds. In 2005, restoration began on the aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio where, from May 2018, it"
"B-17 ""Flying Fortress"", one of the United States' primary bombers of that era. He was assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron stationed at Foggia Italy. He completed 14 combat missions before being shot down over Vienna, Austria on July 16, 1944. He was severely wounded by shrapnel which broke both his legs and was then strafed by a 20mm cannon during his parachute descent. Jenkins was taken prisoner and spent the next 10 months in German captivity – six of them in Stalag 17. Here, the 20-year-old combat veteran became affectionately known by his prison mates as ""Junior"". Jenkins credits"