{"id":100293,"date":"2024-08-03T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/b-17-bomber-flying-fortress-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T17:00:12","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-flying-fortress-b-17-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=100293","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need To Know About The ‘Flying Fortress’ B-17 Bomber"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress<\/a> was an iconic symbol of American aviation during World War II. It has a storied history as a legendary bomber, revered for its robust design and strategic role in the war effort. It is a quad-engine heavy bomber designed and developed by Boeing in the 1930s. Designed primarily for the United States Army Air Force (USAAF), global forces used it extensively during the Second World War. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The powerful heavy bomber can carry more than 17,000 lbs of armament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,3116,1455,567,408,412,409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-b-17","category-bomber","category-guides","category-history","category-military","category-world-war-ii"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t