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The Flying Fortress

Artwork: #650 of 3380 by David Bearden

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Tags: boeing photographs, b-17 photographs, flying fortress photographs, world war 2 photographs, bomber photographs, boeing canvas prints, b-17 canvas prints, flying fortress canvas prints, world war 2 canvas prints, bomber canvas prints

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Lithia, FL - United States

Congrats on your sale, David. :)

David Bearden replied:

Carol, thank you very much...

Chiang Khan, Lo - Thailand

great photo. my dad would love this. he gunned on one in WW2.

David Bearden replied:

Gary, thanks very much...is a great sculpt on the grounds of the Air Force Academy...

Philadelphia, PA - United States

Congratulations on your sale

David Bearden replied:

Bill, thank you very much...

Glenview, IL - United States

Congrats on your sale!

David Bearden replied:

Sandra, thank you very much...

Hampshire, IL - United States

Sandi, appreciate your kind comments...

Hampshire, IL - United States

Lorraine, thanks for your kind words...

Hampshire, IL - United States

Ernie, thanks very much...

Elkton, MD - United States

David, Congratulations on your sale

Greensboro, NC - United States

David, great image, congrats on your sale!!

Colorado Springs, CO - United States

Congrats on your sale!!!

Hampshire, IL - United States

Ann, appreciated...thanks very much...

Livonia, Mi - United States

Congratulations of the sale of this wonderful image, David.

Calgary, Al - Canada

Hi David...Congratulations on your image and your sale...Cheers Bob

David Bearden replied:

Bob, thanks very much...

Crestview Hills, KY - United States

Wow ! Excellent work, David ! My father was a B-17 mechanic with the 100th Bomb Group in England. He didn't get to fly, but did his best to help keep them in the air. The 100th lost 173 B-17s during the war over Europe. I went to a few reunions and got to meet some of the heroes who survived and boy, did they have some stories !! Congratulations on your sale !!

David Bearden replied:

Mel, thanks very much...I was at Mildenhall in England, do you know where your Dad was stationed?

Tacoma, WA - United States

Congrats on your sale, David! Cool shot!!

David Bearden replied:

David, thank you very much...

Hampshire, IL - United States

Sandra, thank you very much...appreciated...

Glenview, IL - United States

Wonderful image and love the history!

Hampshire, IL - United States

Connie, a wonderful story...am sure his stories will be passed on for generations...

Houston, TX - United States

Thank you, David. He lived to celebrate his 90th birthday and his 91st Christmas, then passed away on the last day of 2011. His was a life well-lived--an only child who lived to know two of his great-grandchildren. What are the odds of that! He was always my hero, and always will be.

Hampshire, IL - United States

Connie, thank you and thanks to your Father for his service...to survive 30 missions was basically "against all odds..."

Houston, TX - United States

As the proud daughter of one who flew 30 missions on a B-17 and came home unscathed, I'm going to favorite this one, David. Thank you for honoring the service of our Greatest Generation.

Hampshire, IL - United States

Robert, thanks..."off we go, into the wild, blue..."

Fort Worth, TX - United States

I'm saluting right now - excellent vf

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The Flying Fortress

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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the then United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances.The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based at Thorpe Abbotts airfield in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord. The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.From its pre-war inception, the USAAC (later USAAF) touted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a potent, high-flying, long-range bomber that was able to defend itself, and to return home despite extensive battle damage. It quickly took on mythic proportions, and widely circulated stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage increased its iconic status.With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as an effective weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million metric tons of bombs dropped on Germany by U.S. aircraft, 640,000 tons were dropped from B-17s.

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