[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress "Spirit of Woodside, Sunnyside"]

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Title

[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress "Spirit of Woodside, Sunnyside"]

Description

Photograph of a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft, circa 1943. The text "Spirit of Woodside, Sunnyside" has been added to the aircraft's nose via photo manipulation.

Typed caption taped on verso: "This is the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, latest model of this famous high-altitude daylight precision bomber which is operating in war theatres throughout the world. The Boeing Flying Fortress has four engines and a wing span of approximately 104 feet. It has a top speed well in excess of 300 miles an hour, carries a bomb load up to ten tons, has a service ceiling considerably above 35,000 feet, is heavily armed and is capable of operating over a long range. The Flying Fortress was designed and developed by the Boeing Aircraft Company, with plants located in Seattle and Renton Wash., Wichita, Kans., and Vancouver, B.C."

Date

1943 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Gerald Schackman B-17 Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1985-07-08C_image_001_01
1985-07-08C_image_001_02