B-17 Flying Fortress
Type: | Twin-engine, low-wing monoplane |
Role: | Heavy Bomber |
Top speed: | 287 mph / 462 kph |
Range: | 2,000 mi / 3,219 km |
Service Ceiling: | 35,600' / 10,850 m |
Weight: | 36,135 lbs / 16,391 kg |
Wingspan: | 103' 9" / 31.62 m |
Length: | 74' 4" / 22.66 m |
Height: | 19' 1" / 5.82 m |
Power: | 4 1,200 hp Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" Turbo-Supercharged Radial Engines |
Crew: | 10 (Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier/Nose Gunner, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, 2 Waist Gunners, Ball Turret Gunner, Tail Gunner |
Designer(s): | Edward Curtis Wells |
Manufacturer: | Boeing |
Number Manufactured: | 12,731 |
Country of Origin: | United States |
First Flight: | July 28, 1935 |
Retired: | 1968 (Brazilian Air Force) |
Guns: | 13 .50 in / 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns |
Bombs: | 4,500 - 8,000 lbs / 2,000 - 3,600 kg bombs determined by mission range. |