Today, the B-17 remains a symbol of strength and resilience. Designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company as a high-flying strategic bomber, the B-17 came as a response to a 1934 Army Air Corps request ...

This height enabled the B-17 to fly far above the most advanced anti-aircraft fire at the time. The Flying Fortress could hold a crew of 10 and was warmed with 10 .50-caliber machine guns.