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BOEING B-17G FLYING
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OVERVIEW
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DATA
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BOEING B-17G FLYING
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CLASSIFICATION
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CLASS :
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HEAVY BOMBER
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
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UNITED STATES
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MANUFACTURER :
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Boeing Aircraft Company
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FIRST FLIGHT :
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1943
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SERVICE DELIVERY :
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1943
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NUMBER BUILT :
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8,680
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SPECIFICATION
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SPAN :
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103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
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LENGTH :
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74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
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HEIGHT :
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19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
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WING AREA :
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1,420 sq ft (131.92 m sq |
WING LOADING :
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38.0 lbs/sq ft (185.7 kg/m sq) |
POWER LOADING :
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0.089 hp/lbs (150 W/kg) |
ASPECT RATIO :
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7.57 |
WEIGHT EMPTY :
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36,135 lbs (16,391 kg)
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WEIGHT LOADED :
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54,000 lbs (24,500 kg)
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WEIGHT MAX :
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65,500 lbs (29,700 kg)
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ARMAMENT :
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13 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns,
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2 x Machine Guns In Powered 'Chin' Turret,
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2 x Flexible Machine Guns in Left and Right of Nose Section,
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2 x Machine Guns In Powered Top Turret,
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1 x Flexible Machine Gun in upper Center,
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2 x In Ball Turret Underneath Aircraft,
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2 x In Left and Right Waist Gunner Positions,
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2 x Machine Gun in Rear of Aircraft
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BOMB LOAD :
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17,600 lb (7,800 kg) of Bombs
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POWER PLANT :
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4 x Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone Turbo-Supercharged Radial Engines,
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Rated at 1,200 hp (895 kW) each
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CREW :
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10 - Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator, Bombardier/Nose Gunner, Flight
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Engineer-Top Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, Left/Right Waist
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Gunners, Ball Turret Gunner, Tail Gunner
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PERFORMANCE
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MAXIMUM SPEED :
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287 mph (462 km/h)
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CRUISING SPEED :
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182 mph (293 km/h)
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LANDING SPEED :
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90 mph
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CLIMB RATE :
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182 mph (293 km/h)
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RANGE :
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2,000 miles (3,219 km) with 2,700 kg (6,000 lb) Bomb Load; 3,400
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miles Max
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ENDURANCE :
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SERVICE CEILING :
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35,600 ft (10,850 m)
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REFERENCES |
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Wagner, Ray; American Combat Planes.
New York:Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1960, 1968, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.
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