US Air Force Museum - WWII - Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Shoo Shoo Baby
Bill Maloney
1/20/2007

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01 Shoo Shoo Baby B-17 02 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 03 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 04 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
05BoeingB17FlyingFortress 06B17LandingGear 07B17ChinTurret 08BoeingB17WrightR1820Cyclo
05 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 06 B-17 Landing Gear 07 B-17 Chin Turret 08 Boeing B-17 Wright Cyclone R1820 Radial Engine
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09 B-17 Shoo Shoo Baby Nose Art 10 B-17 Ball Turret 11 B-17 Ball Turret 12 B-17 Dorsal Turret

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Shoo Shoo Baby Specifications:

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE B-17 Flying Fortress at the Air Mobility Command Museum
Another Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress can be found at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, NY A Boeing B-17G at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE

Length: 74 feet, 4 inches
Wingspan:
109 feet, 9 inches
Height:
19 feet, 1 inches
Crew:
10
Weight:
Empty - 34,000lbs Max Takeoff - 55,000lbs
Max Speed: 300mph at 30,000 feet
Cruise Speed: 170mph at 25,000 feet
Range: 1,850 miles
Service Ceiling: 35,600 feet
Fuel Capacity: 2,800 gallons
Powerplant: Four Wright R-1820 radial engines 1,200hp each
Armament:
 Thirteen 50 Cal Browning machine guns
 Up to 5,000lbs of bombs
First Flight : July 28, 1935
Cost: $276,000

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