{"id":54,"date":"2015-12-26T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/webarbeiten\/b17\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2022-07-03T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T12:14:20","slug":"b-17f","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/versionen\/b-17f\/","title":{"rendered":"B-17F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main difference between the E and F models was the wider propeller blades with which the new model was equipped and which gave it better flight performance. The F model was produced in much larger numbers by three different manufacturers. Minor changes in details were made at each factory. The manufacturer was encoded in a suffix added to the model and block: BO stood for Boeing, VE for Lockheed Vega, and DL for Douglas. This made it clear that an aircraft with the designation &#8220;B-17F-50 VE&#8221; had been manufactured by Lockheed.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_11236\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11236 size-new_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"B-17F-30-BO #42-5077 'Delta Rebel No. 2' \/\/ [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/b-17_42-5077_.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>B-17F-30-BO #42-5077 &#8216;Delta Rebel No. 2&#8217; \/\/ [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>The B-17F&#8217;s arrived in England in August 1942 and were destined to fly throughout 1943. However by the summer of 1944 they were a rare sight on operational bases. The planes were subsequently re-modifed by the idividual bases to cope with the unique problems that com to light in air combat. The aircraft, designed and tested in warmer climes, had to cope with the extremly low temperatures and high humidity of altitude flight. Problems encountered in the first few missions: the brushes in the electrical generators frozen up, the ball turret would not rotate, guns jammed, there was blind spot in the forward zone of fire and the tail was very heavy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3\"><small>Werbung\/Advertisement<\/small><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8860322341892117\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7270855245\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To find out at the beginning as us tried as one attacks the B-17 best, tried we bomb to and so on everything, even the bombers bombs. But we found out that the best tactics consisted in attacking her from the front and we used the 190s for it as end of &#8217;43. The time at which you could shoot was very short since the approach-speed was very high. But, when you have hit the B-17 from the front, you have hit the cockpit or the engines mostly. There were only four 190s groups after this time which attacked from behind, which were called the &#8220;storm troops&#8221;. If the B-17 didn&#8217;t burn or the garrison didn&#8217;t jump down, then these 190s rammed the bombers at the tail unit or the rudder.&#8221;<br \/>\nWalter Krupinski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_958\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 547px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-958 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers.jpg\" alt=\"Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-657-6304-24 \/ Meschke \/ CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"547\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers.jpg 547w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24_Luftwaffe_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J\u00e4gers-500x622.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-657-6304-24 \/ Meschke \/ CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/de\/deed.en)], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24,_Luftwaffe,_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J%C3%A4gers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Weak point<\/h2>\n<p>By November 1942, the Luftwaffe fighter pilots had realized that they could attack a B-17F head-on and be safe from return fire from the actual plane. The fitted 0.30-calibre michine gun in the plexiglass nose was ineffective so individual Bomber Groups decided to replace it with the more destructive 0.50-calibre guns. A nose gun installation kit was provided by 8th Air Force Service Command and the importance of a forward mounted turret on a B-17 was impressed upon the manufacturers. The work on converting the nose turret was very slow and could be only be carried on when the aircraft was free from combat commitments. It was not until May 1943 that B-17F&#8217;s with a factory fitted nose gun mount landed in Britain.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Germans got to the beginning of the war from the side or behind. But they got for a lot counter-intelligence fire at 25 to 30 B-17s. When they found out that the B-17 had less fire strength in the nose, they changed the tactics. You came in V formations of the front. For us it looked like a line, now and then, however, they came in the inverted V and we shot onto the middle which, however, wasn&#8217;t in range yet. At the next trace it was a normal V perhaps again and the middle was nearer than the outer positions. These came toward us with really high speed. You came with 400 miles and we flew 160 and fired her with her 20 mm cannons on the cockpits as soon as we were within range in the hope to meet something. One could see coming the 20 mm and one hoped that they didn&#8217;t meet. After the attack they shifted and came back. Only if they found a single machine, they were not effective from the front, they then came back from the side or behind. A machine at which one or two engines had failed was alone put on herself and the guys of the air force took their time to hit the fuel tanks on the two fuselage sides.&#8221;<br \/>\nRobert Davila, Pilot der USAAF<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_861\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-861 size-new_medium\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-600x486.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.americanairmuseum.com\/media\/26791 \/\/ CC-BY-NC 3.0\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-600x486.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-1024x829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791-500x405.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/media-26791.jpg 1546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanairmuseum.com\/media\/26791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.americanairmuseum.com<\/a>\/\/ CC-BY-NC 3.0<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At the beginning only the Fw 190 attacked the bombers and the Bf 109 only was used as escort. Most attacks were flown from the front. If the bombers noticed that the 190s came, they often flew a curve from 10 or 15 degrees. This made it hard to come flying up from the front again.&#8221;<br \/>\nWalter Krupinski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Several problems<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_12058\" class=\"b17img-caption wp-caption mx-auto aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058 size-new_medium\" title=\"Ball Turret Gunner\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-600x477.jpg\" alt=\"Ball Turret Gunner\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-600x477.jpg 600w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret-500x398.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/b17-ball-turret.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption-wrapper\"><p class=\"wp-caption-text text-center\"><small>Ball Turret Gunner<\/small><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The failure of the ball turret was of greater concern on the early models. Apart from the problem with retaion, the oxygen line, throat microphone, and flying suit heater cords all became tangled during normal combat operations. The gunner also feced the risk of running out of oxygen. The bottle contained insufficient oxygen for a normal mission and it was the job of the waist gunner to re-charge the ball turret cylinder but the valve often froze open and supply quickly emptied.<\/p>\n<p>Other Problems included a leaking hydraulic unit, and a turret door that was prone to cracking. Getting out of the turret in an emergency was also a painfully slow procedure. The gunner had to hand-crank the turret in to the correct position, then lift himself out of the hatch and put on a parachute. Needless to say ball turret gunner was the least popular job amoung B-17 crews.<\/p>\n<p>By May 1943, the US VIII Bomber Command had listed a dozen priorities for standard modifications: nose gun fittings, upper turret charging handles, armor plate protection for the pilot&#8217;s panel, more ammunitin for the gun in the radio room, an increase in the oxygen supply to all turrets, new radio antennae, Mark III IFF sets, a remote indicating compass and a life-raft realease. there was also a list of less important changes such as bullet proof glass in windows, re-locating waist gun sites for a better field of fire, fitting of GEE and changes to the oxygen system.<\/p>\n<p>The cold conditions the aircraft operated in tended to freeze the bomb bay doors and the bomb shackles. In early missions this problem was overcome by one of the crew using a crow bar on on the frozen mechanism. Experienced crews would test the bomb bay door operation before they were on the bomb run.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing could be done to stop the plane from being tail heavy but crews were warned about storing equipment and ammunition near the rear.<\/p>\n<p>Another cause for condern was the ability of the waist gunners to inadvertently fire into the wing and tail. In July 1943 an electrical cut off system was fitted which automaticlly stopped the gun firing pins if the gun was aimed at any part of the plane.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important changes in the development of the B-17F was the addition of extra fuel tanks giving the plane another 1080 US gallons. effectively, this increased the B-17F&#8217;s range by 1000 miles and the operational radius doubled to 650 miles. The extra fuel units were called &#8220;Tokyo Tanks&#8221; (supposedly adding enough range so that a B-17 could get to Tokyo from a carrier in the Pacific) and were made up of nine rubber self-sealing cells placed betwenn of ribs of both wings. These long-range versions first appeared at English bases in May 1943.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-3\"><small>Werbung\/Advertisement<\/small><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8860322341892117\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7270855245\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Random B-17F from database<\/h2>\n\n\n\n        <div id=\"b17database\" class=\"row b17s-2col\">\n\n\n\n            \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-4347\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29605-honey-bun\/\" title=\"42-29605 \/ Honey Bun\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-29605 \/ Honey Bun\" title=\"B-17 #42-29605 \/ Honey Bun\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29605-honey-bun\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-29605 \/ Honey Bun\">42-29605 \/ Honey Bun<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 17\/1\/43; Salina 31\/1\/43; Kearney 7\/2\/43; Morrison 9\/3\/43; Assigned 429BS\/2BG Navarin, Alg 19\/3\/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27\/4\/43; Ain M&#8217;Lila, Alg 16\/6\/43; Missing in Action {15m} Naples 21\/6\/43 with Capt Jack Bentley, Navigator: Capt Chas Grooms{Wounded in Action}, Bombardier: Jim Heaberg{Wounded in Action}, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Norman Moore{Wounded in Action}, Radio Operator: Urban Heinen, Ball turret gunner: George Immonen, Waist gunner: Roy Musser{Wounded in Action}, Waist gunner: Harry Marlow[wia but died in captivity] (8 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: John Williams,Tail gunner: Walter Thompson (2 Killed in Action); flak ko\u2019d #3 &#038; 4 then hit by Ma-202(Italian), then crashed of Ischia Is; Missing Air Crew Report 313. HONEY BUN.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-16060\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30870\/\" title=\"42-30870\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30870\" title=\"B-17 #42-30870\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30870\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30870\">42-30870<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 12\/8\/43; 40BG Pratt 27\/8\/43; Written off 29\/2\/44.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-4320\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/41-24393-eager-beaver\/\" title=\"B-17 #41-24393 \/ Eager Beaver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/41-24393.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #41-24393 \/ Eager Beaver\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/41-24393.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/41-24393-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/41-24393-eager-beaver\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #41-24393 \/ Eager Beaver\">41-24393 \/ Eager Beaver<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Assigned 419BS\/301BG [K] Westover 8\/7\/42; transferred 96BS\/2BG Maison Blanche, Alg 13\/11\/42; Tafaraoui, Alg 22\/11\/42; Biskra, Alg 25\/12\/42; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 8\/2\/43 {14m}; transferred 483BG Tortorella, It 31\/3\/44; Returned to the USA Olmstead 24\/7\/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Bush Fd 4\/6\/45. EAGER BEAVER.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-6988\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30115\/\" title=\"42-30115\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30115\" title=\"B-17 #42-30115\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30115\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30115\">42-30115<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 12\/4\/43; Smoky Hill 22\/4\/43; Morrison 5\/5\/43; Assigned 419BS\/301BG St Donat 27\/6\/43; Oudna 6\/8\/43; Cerignola 7\/12\/43 (?); Lucera 1\/2\/44 (?); Missing in Action {47m} Istres le Tube 16\/11\/43 with Jerry Dodge, Co-pilot: Harry Solomon, Navigator: Phil Mantiatty, Bombardier: Fred McDonald, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Clarry Beck, Radio Operator: Riland Brenzo, Ball turret gunner: Ed Rivos, Waist gunner: Rich Drager, Waist gunner: Joe Coleman,Tail gunner: Vince Jakubczak (10 KIA); enemy aircraft, ditched Mediterranean Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1128.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-15828\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29626\/\" title=\"42-29626\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-29626\" title=\"B-17 #42-29626\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-29626\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-29626\">42-29626<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 23\/1\/43; Gt Falls 31\/1\/43; Cheyenne 18\/2\/43; Gore Fd 28\/2\/43; Brooksville 6\/3\/43; Hendricks 30\/3\/43; New York PE 20\/5\/43; Orlando 3\/12\/43; 234 BU Clovis 24\/6\/44; 249 BU Alliance 15\/10\/44; 243 BU Gt Bend 15\/1\/45; 902 BU Orlando 16\/4\/43; 241 BU Fairmont 8\/7\/45; 243 BU Gt Bend 12\/7\/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 27\/10\/45.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-6744\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3128-boo-hoo\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-3128 \/ Boo Hoo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-3128 \/ Boo Hoo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px-500x364.jpg 500w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/42-3128-1200px-600x437.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3128-boo-hoo\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-3128 \/ Boo Hoo\">42-3128 \/ Boo Hoo<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 20\/2\/43; Dow Fd 15\/4\/43; Assigned Carter ProvBG, with Tom Witt crashed Grindavik, near Patterson Fd, Iceland 17\/4\/43. BOO HOO. Written off 18\/4\/43;<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-7339\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30138\/\" title=\"42-30138\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-30138\" title=\"B-17 #42-30138\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-30138\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-30138\">42-30138<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Cheyenne 16\/4\/43; Smoky Hill 21\/4\/43; Morrison 4\/5\/43; with Bill Wofford force landed Meridian, GA 9\/5\/43; Kearney 6\/1\/44; 2218 BU Alexandra 17\/1\/45; 329 BU Alexandra 1\/3\/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9\/10\/45.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-6014\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3279-hells-bells-aka-badger-beauty\/\" title=\"42-3279 \/ Hells Bells aka Badger Beauty\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-3279 \/ Hells Bells aka Badger Beauty\" title=\"B-17 #42-3279 \/ Hells Bells aka Badger Beauty\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3279-hells-bells-aka-badger-beauty\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-3279 \/ Hells Bells aka Badger Beauty\">42-3279 \/ Hells Bells aka Badger Beauty<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Denver 21\/4\/43; Dow Fd 21\/5\/43; Assigned 350BA\/100BG Podington 2\/6\/43; Thorpe Abbotts 9\/6\/43; transferred 625BS\/25BG Watton; detailed RAF St Eval, Cornwall 29\/5\/44 with Mike Lorens, Co-pilot: Larry Ketterer, Navigator: Nathan Swerdelowe, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Arnold Westerlin, Radio Operator: Joe Bubulka, Met Obs-Sgt Bill Young(RAF), Waist gunner: Harry Tarvin,Tail gunner: Lee Richardson (8 Returned to Duty); ditched off Ballyfortrum, near Dingle, Co. Kerry, Eire; crew picked up a flown back next day; Salvaged 29\/5\/44. HELLS BELLS aka BADGER BEAUTY.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-5019\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3093-nobodys-darling\/\" title=\"B-17 #42-3093 \/ Nobodys Darling\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-3093.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"B-17 #42-3093 \/ Nobodys Darling\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-3093.jpg 552w, https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/42-3093-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-3093-nobodys-darling\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-3093 \/ Nobodys Darling\">42-3093 \/ Nobodys Darling<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Denver 18\/2\/43; Presque Is 5\/4\/43; Assigned 338BS\/96BG 4\/43; transferred 510BS\/351BG [TU-K] Polebrook 11\/7\/43; on return from (8m) Merignac 31\/12\/43 with Rob Chalmers, Co-pilot: Francis Nedham, Navigator: ??, Bombardier: Ferris Martin, Flight engineer\/top turret gunner: Walt Skinner, Radio Operator: Winston Hapgood, Ball turret gunner: Chas Newberry, Waist gunner: Hubert Butler, Waist gunner: Art Novres,Tail gunner: Guy Meredith (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Burnham-on-Sea, Som. UK; 2 SAD, Salvaged 3\/1\/44. NOBODY&#8217;S DARLIN&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n                <article id=\"b17database-15931\" class=\"latest-b17 col-12 col-lg-6\">\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-image\">\n\n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-6068\/\" title=\"42-6068\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid b17-image\" alt=\"B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress &#8211; The Queen Of The Skies 42-6068\" title=\"B-17 #42-6068\" src=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/cms\/wp-content\/themes\/nine-o-nine\/assets\/images\/b17-no-photo.webp\" \/><\/a>\n\n                        \n\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n\n\n                    <section class=\"latest-b17-excerpt-box mb-5\">\n\n                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/b17flyingfortress.de\/en\/b17\/42-6068\/\" class=\"\" title=\"B-17 #42-6068\">42-6068<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n                        <div class=\"latest-b17-excerpt\">\n\n                            <p>Delivered Long Beach 13\/7\/43; Cheyenne 15\/7\/43; 9BG McCook 9\/6\/44; 245 BU McCook 16\/9\/44; 4100 BU Patterson 13\/12\/44; 233 BU Davis Monthan 16\/3\/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 18\/9\/45.<\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/section>\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n                <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"clearfix w-100\"><\/div>\n\n        <\/div> <!-- #b17database -->\n\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main difference between the E and F models was the wider propeller blades with which the new model was equipped and which gave it better flight performance. 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