The definitive version of this classic USAAF heavy bomber, the Boeing B-17G incorporated a host of improvements on the earlier models of the Flying Fortress. With thirteen machine-guns and optimised defensive firing positions, massed formations of B-17Gs would pound Axis targets on a daily basis, throwing up as much lead at attacking fighters as they possibly could.
Arguably the most visible manifestation of American military might in the Second World War was the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress four engine bomber. Operating in massed formations, these distinctive aircraft were designed to conduct daylight precision bombing missions against strategic enemy targets, with the ultimate aim of literally pounding them into submission. As its name suggests, the Flying Fortress was bristling with defensive armament and it was intended that formations of B-17s could throw so much lead into the air that any attacking enemy aircraft would either be shot down, or simply fly away from their certain demise although this thinking did not actually materialise in combat, it did help to give the B-17 a fearsome reputation.
Without doubt, the definitive version of the Flying Fortress was the B-17G and this last mass-produced version of the aircraft was manufactured in more numbers than all previous versions combined the B-17G was a magnificent fighting aeroplane. Addressing all the shortcomings of the previous combat variants, the B-17G incorporated a number of significant improvements, specifically around the placement and upgrading of defensive armament. The combat experiences of crews flying the earlier versions of the B-17 were crucial in producing this definitive US heavy bomber.
Colori consigliati (non inclusi):
A - Boeing B17G-65-BO Flying Fortress, 43-37521 'Skyway Chariot', 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, United Air Force Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, England, March 1945.
- AA0120 - Enamel No 11 Silver - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0268 - Enamel No 24 Trainer Yellow (14 ml)
- AA0312 - Enamel No 29 Dark Earth - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0360 - Enamel No 33 Black - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0610 - Enamel No 56 Aluminium - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0936 - Enamel No 85 Coal Black - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1153 - Enamel No 104 Oxford Blue - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1211 - Enamel No 110 Natural Wood - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1328 - Enamel No 120 Light Green - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1376 - Enamel No 125 US Dark Grey - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1688 - Enamel No 155 Olive Drab - Matt (14 ml)
- AA6330 - Enamel No 195 Dark Green - Satin (14 ml)
- AC5008 - Enamel No 27001 Aluminium - Metalcote (14 ml)
- AC5039 - Enamel No 27004 Gunmetal - Metalcote (14 ml)
B - Boeing B-17G-75-BO Flying Fortress, 43-37993 'Mah Ideel', 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, United States Air Force, Royal Air Force Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, early 1945.
- AA0120 - Enamel No 11 Silver - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0268 - Enamel No 24 Trainer Yellow (14 ml)
- AA0312 - Enamel No 29 Dark Earth - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0360 - Enamel No 33 Black - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0610 - Enamel No 56 Aluminium - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0936 - Enamel No 85 Coal Black - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1153 - Enamel No 104 Oxford Blue - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1211 - Enamel No 110 Natural Wood - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1376 - Enamel No 125 US Dark Grey - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1660 - Enamel No 153 Insignia Red - Matt (14 ml)
- AA1688 - Enamel No 155 Olive Drab - Matt (14 ml)
- AA6330 - Enamel No 195 Dark Green - Satin (14 ml)
- AC5008 - Enamel No 27001 Aluminium - Metalcote (14 ml)
- AC5039 - Enamel No 27004 Gunmetal - Metalcote (14 ml)
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