What (who) is Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress - definition
Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress
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.jpg?width=200 "CB-17G at Patterson Field, Ohio on January 1, 1946.")
AIRLIFTER SERIES BY BOEING
C-108; C-108 Flying Fortress
The Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress was an American transport aircraft used during World War II. Four were converted from B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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![Bf 109 fighter]], eventually landing without crew injuries.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/19430201AllAmericanB17inFlight.jpg?width=200 "Bf 109 fighter]], eventually landing without crew injuries.")
 bombers at the airfield of Boeing's Seattle plant. The ship will... - NARA - 196372.jpg?width=200 "Boeing-built B-17Fs, with the clear-view two-piece Plexiglas bombardier's nose.")
![Pearl Harbor]], with framed nose glazing of the style retained through the B-17E model](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-17B Bombers at March Field, California prior to 7 December 1941.jpg?width=200 "Pearl Harbor]], with framed nose glazing of the style retained through the B-17E model")
![gondola]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-17C with RAF colors.jpg?width=200 "gondola]]")
![15 October}} 1944; the bombardier was killed.<ref>[http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Aircraft_B-17/Aircraft/43-38172-3O-P_19441015_JBk.html "43-38172."] ''398th.org''. Retrieved: 24 January 2012.</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-17 Damage Cologne.jpg?width=200 "15 October}} 1944; the bombardier was killed.<ref>[http://www.398th.org/Images/Images_Aircraft_B-17/Aircraft/43-38172-3O-P_19441015_JBk.html \"43-38172.\"] ''398th.org''. Retrieved: 24 January 2012.</ref>")
![Formation flying through dense [[flak]] over [[Merseburg]], Germany](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-17 Schweinfurt.jpg?width=200 "Formation flying through dense [[flak]] over [[Merseburg]], Germany")
![Nose of a B-17G being restored at the [[Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B-17 at Mighty 8th Air Force Museum, Pooler, GA, US.jpg?width=200 "Nose of a B-17G being restored at the [[Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum]]")
![Douglas]] plant in [[Long Beach, California]], October 1942](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B17F - Woman workers at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant, Long Beach, Calif.jpg?width=200 "Douglas]] plant in [[Long Beach, California]], October 1942")
![Postwar SB-17G-95DL (ser. no. ''44-83722''), assigned to the 2nd ERS as a search-and-rescue aircraft, beside a [[Stinson L-5]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boeing SB-17G.jpg?width=200 "Postwar SB-17G-95DL (ser. no. ''44-83722''), assigned to the 2nd ERS as a search-and-rescue aircraft, beside a [[Stinson L-5]]")
![[[Forrest L. Vosler]] receiving Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Forrest-L-Vosler.png?width=200 "[[Forrest L. Vosler]] receiving Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt")
![398th Bombardment Group]] flying a bombing mission to [[Neumünster]], Germany, on 13 April 1945.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Living Legends.jpg?width=200 "398th Bombardment Group]] flying a bombing mission to [[Neumünster]], Germany, on 13 April 1945.")
![Maynard H. Smith]] receiving Medal of Honor from [[Secretary of War]] [[Henry L. Stimson]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maynard-H-Smith.png?width=200 "Maynard H. Smith]] receiving Medal of Honor from [[Secretary of War]] [[Henry L. Stimson]]")
![WASP]]<ref name="museum2" />](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nancy Love and Betty Gillies.jpg?width=200 "WASP]]<ref name=\"museum2\" />")
![Liberty Belle]]", but was lost in a post-forced-landing fire near [[Oswego, Illinois]], on 13 June 2011.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pratt-Whitney T-34 B-17 testbed NAN10-50.jpg?width=200 "Liberty Belle]]\", but was lost in a post-forced-landing fire near [[Oswego, Illinois]], on 13 June 2011.")
![Under project '''Cadillac II''', an AN/APS-20 radar was fitted onto the B-17G, making the PB-1W one of the first [[Airborne early warning]] aircraft.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US Navy PB-1W.jpg?width=200 "Under project '''Cadillac II''', an AN/APS-20 radar was fitted onto the B-17G, making the PB-1W one of the first [[Airborne early warning]] aircraft.")
1935 BOMBER AIRCRAFT FAMILY BY BOEING
B-17; B17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17; Boeing Model 299; Flying Fortress; B-17 bomber; B17 bombers; Boeing 299; Dornier Do 200; B-17H; Flying fortresses; XB-17; XB17; Model 299; B-17G Flying Fortress; QB-17; Boeing PB Flying Fortress; Boeing 322; Boeing BQ-7; B-17 Flying Fortress; PB Flying Fortress; CQ-4 Flying Fortress; RB-17G Flying Fortress; B-17E Flying Fortress; CQ-17 Flying Fortress; Dornier Do 288; Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress; B-17F Flying Fortress; QB-17 Flying Fortress; Vega B-40; Vega 140; RB-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress; Boeing Y1B-17; Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress; Boeing Fortress I; Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-27-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17E-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-55-DL Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17E-BO; Boeing B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17G-95-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing DB-17G Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17G-5-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing PB-1G Flying Fortress; B-17 Flying Fortresses; Boeing B-17G-75-VE Flying Fortress; Boeing Fortress; QB-17L Flying Fortress; DB-17G Flying Fortress; DB-17P Flying Fortress; QB-17N Flying Fortress; DB-17 Flying Fortress; MB-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17D-BO Flying Fortress; B‑17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17G–110–VE Flying Fortress; B-17B Fortress; Boeing YB-17 Fortress; Y1B-17 Flying Fortress; F-9B Flying Fortress; B-17D Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-75-DL Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17B/C Flying Fortress; B-17 Bomber; Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-90-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17G-15-DL Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-95-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-45-BO Flying Fortress; Boeing SB-17 Dumbo; Boeing B17; Boeing SB-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17G-110-VE Flying Fortress; Boeing B-17F-5-BO Flying Fortress; RB-17E Flying Fortress; RB-17F Flying Fortress; Boeing YB-17 Flying Fortress; Boeing TB-17 Flying Fortress; B-17 bombers; B-17E
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the Air Corps' performance specifications.
Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress
![World War II emblem of the 327th Bombardment Squadron, featuring characters (Alley Oop and Dinny) from the [[Alley Oop]] comic strip](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/327th Bombardment Squadron - World War II - Emblem.png?width=200 "World War II emblem of the 327th Bombardment Squadron, featuring characters (Alley Oop and Dinny) from the [[Alley Oop]] comic strip")
BOMBER AIRCRAFT PROTOTYPE MODEL BY BOEING
YB-40; Boeing XB-40; Boeing B-40; Boeing YB-40; XB-40; XB-40 Flying Fortress; B-40 Flying Fortress; Boeing B-40 Flying Fortress; YB-40 Flying Fortress
The Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress was a modification for operational testing purposes of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, converted to act as a heavily armed gunship to support other bombers during World War II. At the time of its development, long-range fighter aircraft such as the North American P-51 Mustang were just entering quantity production, and thus were not yet available to accompany bombers all the way from England to Germany and back.
