{"id":1251,"date":"2023-03-06T03:29:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T03:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitemodeler.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2023-03-06T03:29:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T03:29:24","slug":"wwii-aircraft-b-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infinitemodeler.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/wwii-aircraft-b-17\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII – Aircraft – B-17"},"content":{"rendered":"\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n

Off the Bench on Feb 28, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the largest model I have built. It is a Revell model and parts fit and quality was poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B-17G ‘Chow Hound’ of 91st Bomb Group 322nd BS. Photo is included over Berlin on March 8 1944<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a 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 four-engined Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the multirole, twin-engined Junkers Ju 88. It was also employed as a transport, antisubmarine aircraft, drone controller, and search-and-rescue aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The B-17 saw early action in the Pacific War, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields. But it was primarily employed by the USAAF in the daylight strategic bombing campaign over Europe, complementing RAF Bomber Command’s night-time area bombing of German industrial, military and civilian targets. Of the roughly 1.5 million tons of bombs dropped on Nazi Germany and its occupied territories by U.S. aircraft, over 640 000 tons (42.6%) were dropped from B-17s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General characteristics
Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier\/nose gunner, flight engineer\/top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner[220]
Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
Powerplant: 4 \u00d7 Wright R-1820-97 “Cyclone” turbosupercharged radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard constant-speed propeller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performance
Maximum speed: 287 mph (462 km\/h, 249 kn)
Cruise speed: 182 mph (293 km\/h, 158 kn)
Range: 2,000 mi (3,219 km, 1,738 nmi) with 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) bombload
Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,850 m)
Rate of climb: 900 ft\/min (4.6 m\/s)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armament<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guns: 13 \u00d7 .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 9 positions (2 in the Bendix chin turret, 2 on nose cheeks, 2 staggered waist guns, 2 in upper Sperry turret, 2 in Sperry ball turret in belly, 2 in the tail and one firing upwards from radio compartment behind bomb bay)\nBombs:\n    Short range missions; Internal load only (<400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)\n    Long range missions; Internal load only (\u2248800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)\n    Max Internal and External load: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The B-17’s armament consisted of five .30 caliber (7.62 mm) machine guns, with a payload up to 4,800 lb (2,200 kg) of bombs on two racks in the bomb bay behind the cockpit. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet radial engines, each producing 750 hp (600 kW) at 7,000 ft (2,100 m).[12]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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