TWA Flying Fortress

[Moses03]

Interesting-

http://www.twaseniorsclub.org/TWAB17/TWAB17.html

 

[lefty]

They might have kept the ball turret as a sort of viewing gallery for the brave :costumes:

 

[lefty]

I didn't realise as many as 68 B-17's ended up in Sweden by dint of not making it home to England - some of those were converted into airliners too.

Thrifty Swedes, eh ?

 

[Willy]

I still think Boeing could have given the Douglas DC-4 some competition if they'd have re-started production of the B-17s sister the 307 Stratoliner at the end of WWII.

Still interesting about the TWA B-17 though. At least it had some parts commonality with their Stratoliners.