Product Description
Product Info
The Boeing B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ boasts a remarkable legacy, as both a strategic weapon and an enduring symbol of American air power during the Second World War. Designed as a large, multi-engine bomber with substantial defensive armament, the B-17 was introduced in 1938. First used in combat with the RAF in 1941, carrying out bombing raids in France, its poor performance suggested that improved defences and greater bombing accuracy were needed. Later variants like the B-17G were more effective and gradually became potent strategic weapons, capable of carrying out high-altitude, long-range attacks. Despite heavy defensive armament B-17s still suffered at the hands of enemy fighters.
What's Inside
Plastic model kit, instruction sheet, paint layout sheet and decals.
Schemes
A08018A - Boeing B-17G™ Flying Fortress™, 774th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), Italy, July 1944. (A)
A08018A - Boeing Fortress Mk.III (B-17G)™, No.214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron, No.100 (Bomber Support) Group, Royal Air Force Downham Market, Norfolk, England, 1944. (B)
