BOEING FLYING FORTRESS THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA JUMP SEARCH ROLE HEAVY BOMBER NATIONAL ORIGIN UNITED STATES MANUFACTURER FIRST FLIGHT INTRODUCTION APRIL 1938 UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES ROYAL AIR FORCE NUMBER COST DEVELOPED BOEING 307 STRATOLINER ABOVE MOUNT THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS COMPETING DOUGLAS MARTIN CONTRACT BUILD ENTRY COMPETITORS THE CONTRACT PROTOTYPE EVOLVED DESIGN EMPLOYED AIR FORCES THE DAYLIGHT STRATEGIC BOMBING CAMPAIGN WORLD GERMAN MILITARY THE UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIRFIELDS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE RAF BOMBER COMMAND NIGHTTIME AREA BOMBING THE COMBINED BOMBER OFFENSIVE HELP AIR SUPERIORITY FACTORIES BATTLEFIELDS WESTERN EUROPE PREPARATION THE INVASION OF FRANCE EXTENT THE WAR IN WORLD WAR WHERE IT CONDUCTED JAPANESE SHIPPING USAAC PROMOTED AIRCRAFT STRATEGIC WEAPON HEAVY ARMAMENT EXPENSE REPUTATION TOUGHNESS STORIES PHOTOS DAMAGED RETURNING EFFECTIVE DROPPING BOMBS GERMANY OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ADDITION ANTISUBMARINE DRONE AS OF AIRWORTHY NONE COMBAT DOZENS STORAGE STATIC VETERAN THE PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT ORIGINS INITIAL ORDERS OPERATIONAL USAAF OPERATIONS EUROPE PACIFIC THEATER DEFENSE POSTWAR AIR FORCE NAVY COAST GUARD SPECIAL OPERATIONS OPERATORS SURVIVING FORTRESSES SYMBOL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS CREW MEMBERS MEDAL OF HONOR MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS EVENTS IN POPULAR CULTURE CIVILIAN ACHIEVEMENTS SPECIFICATIONS REFERENCES NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY READING EXTERNAL LINKS MODEL 299 GUN TURRET THE MODEL NOSE GLAZING CRASHED IN FLIGHT ARMY AIR CORPS TENDERED PROPOSAL REPLACE THE MARTIN LOOKING REINFORCING REQUIREMENTS CARRY USEFUL ALTITUDE OF 10 HOURS SPEED RANGE COMPETITION MODEL WRIGHT FIELD FACTORY DESIGNATION TEAM ENGINEERS GIFFORD EMERY EDWARD CURTIS WELLS FEATURES EXPERIMENTAL BOEING 247 TRANSPORT UP TO THE BOMB BEHIND THE COCKPIT POSSESSED CALIBER MACHINE WHITNEY HORNET RADIAL ENGINES JULY 1935 CHIEF LESLIE TOWER RICHARD REPORTER THE SEATTLE TIMES NAME ROLLED BRISTLING MULTIPLE MACHINE GUN GUN EMPLACEMENT THE NOSE INSTALLATION TOWARD ALMOST FRONTAL QUICK VALUE TRADEMARKED CLAIMED THE EARLY PRESS RELEASES CONTINUE MISSION ENGINES 20 AUGUST SEATTLE NINE THREE MINUTES AVERAGE CRUISING SPEED MILES PER HOUR FASTER SUPERIOR MAJOR GENERAL FRANK MAXWELL ANDREWS GHQ AIR FORCE BELIEVED LARGE AIRCRAFT SUITED EMERGING OPINIONS PROCUREMENT BUYING BOEING MODEL 299 ON 30 MAJOR PLOYER PETER HILL EMPLOYEE EVALUATION THE CREW FORGOT DISENGAGE GUST SYSTEM INTEGRAL MOVABLE CONTROL IN PLACE PARKED ON THE GROUND FAILURE STEEP NOSED OVER KILLING HILL FINISH ENTHUSIASTIC ARMY OFFICIALS GREATER QUOTED UNIT PRICE PRODUCTION ORDER PRICE LEGALLY CONSIDERATION ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MALIN CRAIG CANCELLED THE ORDER BOLO THE LOSS HOPES SUBSTANTIAL PETER MARCH FIELD PRIOR ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR FRAMED THE STYLE RETAINED RESTORED THE MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR FORCE MUSEUM 17 JANUARY LEGAL LOOPHOLE NOVEMBER 1936 DENOTE SPECIAL SERVICE CHANGES POWERFUL WRIGHT CYCLONE THE ORIGINAL NEVER SERIAL ITSELF APPEAR OFFICIALLY NEARLY MONTHS TERM AIRFRAME LEXICON DESCRIBE FIRST FLYING THE 2ND BOMBARDMENT GROUP LANGLEY FIELD VIRGINIA FLIGHT SUGGESTION CHECKLIST ACCIDENTS THAT WHICH LEAD NAVIGATOR LIEUTENANT CURTIS LEMAY SENT GENERAL ANDREWS INTERCEPT PHOTOGRAPH THE ITALIAN OCEAN LINER MILES THE ATLANTIC THE MISSION THE 13TH THE MATERIAL DIVISION FLIGHT TESTING GROUND TESTING UPGRADED TURBOCHARGERS SCHEDULED TO FLY PROBLEMS DELAYED ON 31 ONCE SIGNIFY THE CHANGE OPPOSITION TO ACQUISITION DESIGNATED EQUIP BOMBARDMENT RUDDER PLEXIGLAS JULY 1939 ORDER THE ATTACK PEARL FEWER IN SERVICE TOTAL JANUARY 1937 NOVEMBER 1941 PRODUCTION QUICKLY EVENTUALLY HIGHEST PRODUCTION RATE FOR ANY SERVE COMBAT ZONE VEGA SUBSIDIARY CRASH WIPED SEEN BUILDING HARD AT WORK READY BETTER THAN POSSIBLE WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR JEFF 19TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP SUMMER MAIN ARTICLE NUMBERS VARIANT BOEING PLANT 2 WASHINGTON LOCKHEED VEGA BURBANK CALIFORNIA DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA ALTERATIONS IN STAGES BOMB GROUP DEVELOP BOMBING EXPERIMENTS QUARTET STANDARD DESTINED WAIST POSITION GUN BLISTER THE PRODUCTION LINE IMPROVE BASIC DESIGN ALTERED CHANGED OVAL SHAPED BLISTERS WINDOW OPENINGS BATHTUB GONDOLA HOUSING FUSELAGE VENTRAL THE GERMAN HEINKEL MEDIUM BOMBER FOCUSED OFFENSIVE WARFARE REVISION REAR VERTICAL TAILFIN HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ELECTRICALLY POWERED MANNED DORSAL BALL TURRET TURRET MARKS THE NORTH AMERICAN INCREASE INCREASINGLY TIMES PRIMARY FLYING THE EIGHTH FACE THE GERMANS STANDARDIZED SUBTYPE FRAMELESS ENCLOSURE FORWARD THE 99TH FLOWN ENGINE TESTBED ALLISON SHOULD NORMALLY UNAVAILABLE THE ONLY NINTH TYPE KEPT ARMED MODIFICATION THE STANDARD AVAILABLE THE RADIO TWIN GUNS AMMUNITION MODIFICATIONS FULLY LOADED TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH LIGHTER BOMBERS PROJECT ABANDONED FINALLY PHASED OUT IN BLOCKS PLANTS WEAPONS DETAIL DEFINITIVE SEVEN DESIGNS THE GUN STATIONS FINALIZED VERSION PREDECESSOR ADOPTING GUNSHIP THE LAST ONE CONVERTED MISSIONS CARGO ENGINE TESTING RADIO CONTROLS TELEVISION CAMERAS LOADED APHRODITE OPERATION APHRODITE INVOLVED DRONES ONTO TARGETS