Boeing B-17G "Flying Fortress"
Country | United Staes Of America |
Type | Heavy bomber |
Date of service | September 1943 |
Powerplant | Four Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 radials |
Horsepower | 1,200 hp/engine With WEP 1,380 hp/engine |
Max Speed | 300 mph @ 30,000 ft. (with WEP) |
ClimbRate | 37 mins. to 20,000 |
Wieght | . |
empty | 32,720 lbs |
loaded | 55,000 lbs. |
Cieling | 35,000 ft. |
Range | 1,850 miles with 4,000 lbs. of bombs and 2,810 Imp. gallons of fuel at 25,000 ft. |
Armament | 2 - 50 cal machine guns in chin with 500 rpg 2 - 50 cal machine guns in cheeks with 400 rpg 2 - 50 cal machine guns in dorsal (upper) turret with 500 rpg 2 - 50 cal machine guns in ventral (lower) turret with 500 rpg 2 - 50 cal machine guns in waist ( 1 left / 1 right) with 400 rpg 2 - 50 cal machine guns in tail with 500 rpg 1 - 50 cal machine gun in roof on ball & socket mount with 400 rounds |