Designed By: Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington. Built under license by Vega Aircraft Company (now Lockheed)
Model: B-17G Flying Fortress
Army Air Corps Serial Number: #44-85740
Delivery Date: May 18, 1945
Required Crew (10): Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer (top turret gunner), Radio Operator, Waist Gunners (2), Tail Gunner and Ball Turret Gunner
Weights: Basic Empty Weight - 34,000 lbs ... Gross Weight (Wartime) - 65,500 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 1,700 gallons
Wing Span: 103', 9"
Length: 74', 4"
Height: 19' 1"
Number Built: 12,732. Production peaked at 16 airplanes a day in April 1944. Today, there about a dozen B-17s still flying.
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