The aircraft is best known for daylight strategic bombing of German industrial targets. Delivery of these first production models was between January 11 and August 4, 1937.ī-17s served in every World War II combat zone. Known as Boeing Model 299, it first took flight on July 28, 1935. In 1934, the Boeing Aircraft Company of Seattle, Washington, began construction of a four-engine heavy bomber. The original intent for the B-17 was the protection of the U.S. The B-17 received the name "Flying Fortress" from a Seattle news reporter who commented on its defensive firepower, and said "It's a Flying Fortress". The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress four-engine heavy bomber is one of the most famous, and successful, airplanes ever built.
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