Boeing Agreed
What about that colossal aircraft? It was a B-17E Flying Fortress of the United States Air Force, to be precise. And, according to legend, the model’s name was inspired by a journalist from the Seattle Times. “That’s why it’s a flying fortress,” he was said to have declared. Boeing appears to have agreed!
Boeing Agreed
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Flying Fortress
The wreckage of this particular Flying Fortress had been remarkably well preserved at the time of the crash. And when Tallichet and Hagen finally got around to excavating it, they were able to take home a piece of aviation history. Swamp Ghost was one of only four B-17Es in the world to have been recovered at the time of its recovery.
Flying Fortress
