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The B-17G had a Bendix
nose turret that countered
head on attacks.This
was something earlier
models were vulnerable
too, as they had no
such defence.
Contents
6
Rolling Thunder
8
Shaping the bombers
10
The Boeing XB-15
12
In the beginning
16
The early years
20
The Boeing B-17 ‘Fortress’
in RAF service – Part one
26
The B-17E –
A Flying Fortress at last
32
The B-17F – A matter of defence
42
Thorpe Abbotts –
Memorial to the many
46
The thoroughbred emerges –
The B-17G
52
Inside the B-17
64
Maintaining an
aluminium mountain
69
Little Friends
74
The longest mission
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80
Felix Fortresses
84
100 Air Refuelling Wing
90
The Boeing B-17 ‘Fortress’
in RAF service – Part two
94
KG200
98
Sally B – The flying memorial
102
Tough!
105
Project Aphrodite
109
PB-1s – The Navy and Coast Guard
113
Oddball B-17s
118
Israeli B-17s
120
Postwar workhorses
126
Survivors
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