Tricia McNutt
“Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.” 16 March 2005. 25 April 2006. http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/american.htm
- 12,731 Flying Fortresses produced in WWII
- Plane’s function was to bomb
- Bombed during the day only
- Produced by Boeing originally
- Traveled 1,000 to 2,000 miles at speeds between 200 and 250 m.p.h.
Carnes, Mark C. The American Nation: A History of the United States. New York: Pearson Education, 2003.
Elebash, C. C. “Was It the Air Corps or Army Air Forces in WW II?” Jan. 2002.Army Air Forces Historical Association. 25 April 2006 http://www.aafha.org/aaf_or_aircorps.html
- Air Corps started as a branch of the Army in 1926
McNutt, James R. Personal Interview. 26 April 2006.
- Navigator
- Job was to direct the pilot and copilot of the plane
- Never actually saw combat
- Delivered new planes to safe zones and took damaged ones back
- Used navigation techniques of Columbus
“The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.”2006. Parham Airfield Museum. 25 April 2006.
http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/390info.html
- Crew of 10 men
- Wingspan of 103 ft. 9 in./ Length of 74 ft. 4 in./ Height of 19 ft. 1 in. Weight of 65,500lb
- Maximum Speed of 300 MPH
- Maximum height above Earth=30,000 ft.
- Range of 1850 miles
- 13 machine guns
- 8,000 lb. bomb capacity
“ In formation B-17's form the 390th Bomb Group.”
- “The Ball Turret Gunner from the B-17 ‘Hot Rocks’”
- “The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.”