B-17 - The Fifteen Ton Flying Fortress

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The Boeing B-17 was the first American heavy bomber to see action in World War when it was supplied to the RAF. The design originated in 1934 when the US Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce their air forces in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. For its time, the design included many advanced features and Boeing continued to develop the aircraft as experience of the demands of long distance flying at high altitude was gained.

When the USA entered WWII production of the aircraft was rapidly increased and it became the backbone of the USAAF in all theaters of war. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Heavy bomber, reconnaissance, antisubmarine and air-sea rescue operations – there were few roles that this solid design could not adopt.

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This sometimes overly detailed work on the development and improvement of the fabled B-17 is an excellent account of the plane's history. From initial stages of a proposed coastal defense role to the strategic bomber it became is throughly discussed in the book along with many excellent photographs, many I have never seen prior. The comparison with other bombers is interesting as it highlights the design shortcomings of the B-17 as well as highlighted its many outstanding features as a high altitude precision bomber. I was not aware of the controversy on the bomb site between Sperry and Norden and the conversion of the bombers to drone explosive laden remote controlled bombs themselves. I am always intrigued by the dedication of the aircrews that took this fifteen ton airplane and flew it into hell and back day after day. They are truly "the Greatest Generation".

With books about individual aircraft they are usually either a collection of "I was there stories" or a technical look at the aircraft, its development and its service history. I prefer the latter and was pleasantly surprised to find that this book is a technical overview. The authors do a good job of looking at all the modifications and sub-variants of the B-17 and found some photos that I had never seen in my extensive reading on the subject.

This book gives a fairly complete history of the development and deployment of the B-17 both in the Pacific and in Europe. The Kindle version suffers from the typical problems that apparently come from incorrectly scanned text (strange or misspelled words) but is quite readable. The information on the modifications with each model and which serial numbers received those changes is helpful.

This book covers not only the initial development of the airplane, but also explains why many of the modifications were made they way they were. The operational history is not covered in detail, except as it relates to that development. Quite readable, and fascinating for airplane enthusiasts.

I expect.that I have read nearly all of the b 17 books.that there are, this one is different, there are.only facts here, no embellishment. none.is.necessary. I have flown the plane,. back when I was just a kid and fell in love, this book told me.why I fell.

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