WARBIRDS! B-17 FLYING FORTRESS WALK AROUND

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This video is an excellent presentation of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast" regarding its engines and systems. Designed in 1935, the B-17 was years ahead of its time, and proved itself as the toughest and most dependable heavy bomber of World War Two. There were examples of Flying Fortresses returning from battle that had no business at all in continuing to fly, but they brought the USAAF airmen home.

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