| The venerable B-17 "Flying Fortress" Fuddy Duddy is being prepared for flight. Although forst flown as a prototype in 1935, the most famous B-17G version didn't see front line action until 1943. Some 12,751 B-17's were produced of which more than one third were lost in combat. *©Michael S. Smith at the bottom left of the graphic will not appear in the print. |