Boeing B-17
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| Tipe | Heavy bomber Strategic bomber |
| Produsen | Boeing |
| Terbang perdana | 28 Juli 1935 |
| Dipensiunkan | 1968 (Brazilian Air Force) |
| Pengguna | United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force |
| Tahun produksi | 1936–1945 |
| Jumlah produksi | 12,731 |
| Harga satuan | US$238,329 |
| Varian | XB-38 Flying Fortress YB-40 Flying Fortress C-108 Flying Fortress |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress adalah sebuah pesawat pengebom Amerika Serikat, yang dibuat untuk Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat (US Army Air Corps). Terbang perdana pada tanggal 28 Juli 1935, dan dipensiunkan tahun 1968, lebih dari 12.000 Flying Fortress diproduksi.
Digunakan sebagai pengebom strategis pada Perang Dunia II melawan Jerman Nazi, Flying Fortress menjatuhkan lebih dari 500.000 ton bom di Eropa.
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[sunting] Spesifikasi (B-17G)
Karakteristik umum
- Kru: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer-top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner
- Panjang: 74 ft 4 in
- Lebar sayap: 103 ft 9 in
- Tinggi: 19 ft 1 in
- Luas sayap: 1,420 sq ft
- Airfoil: NACA 0018 / NACA 0010
- Bobot kosong: 36,135 lb
- Bobot terisi: 54,000 lb
- Bobot maksimum lepas landas: 65,500 lb
- Mesin: 4× turbosupercharged radial engines Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone", 1,200 hp masing-masing
Kinerja
- Laju maksimum: 287 mph (249 kn, 462 km/h)
- Laju jelajah: 182 mph (158 kn, 293 km/h)
- Jarak jangkau: 2,000 mi with 2,700 kg (6,000 lb) bombload
- Batas tertinggi servis: 35,600 ft
- Laju panjat: 900 ft/min
- Beban sayap: 38.0 lb/sq ft
- Power/massa: 0.089 hp/lb (150 W/kg)
Persenjataan
- Senjata api: 13 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 4 turrets in dorsal, ventral, nose and tail, 2 in waist positions, 2 beside cockpit and 1 in the lower dorsal position
- Bom:
- Short range missions (<400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
- Long range missions (≈800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)
- Overload: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)
[sunting] Lihat pula
B-17 modified for testing of the XT-34 turboprop. This aircraft has survived and has been rebuilt to stock configuration.
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| Wikimedia Commons memiliki galeri mengenai: |
| Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: |
- Big Yank History
- American Combat Planes of the 20th Century by Ray Wagner
- Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing: Home of B-17G "Texas Raiders"
- Official site of the 303rd "Hell's Angels" Bomb Group
- Official site of the 398th "Hell From Heaven" Bomb Group
- Official site of the 463rd "The Swoose" Bomb Group
- Information on Sally B
- World War II 8th Air Force website
- Warbird Alley: B-17 page. Information about B-17s still flying today
- Sam Hewitt: 15th Air Force World War II POW
- Lacey Lady, TheBomber.com
- The Most Unbelievable Landing of a B-17
- Lt. Bob Swan's Photos of Life as a B-17 Flying Fortress Navigator in England during World War II
- Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force and Their Touring B-17: Sentimental Journey
- The EAA's Touring B-17: Aluminum Overcast
- Fantasy of Flight's B17, B-17 Flying Fortress on display at Fantasy of Flight
- listings for surviving aircraft Warbirdregistry.org
- Photograph of USAF B-17 and crew that crash landed in neutral Ireland in WWII
- List Of Surviving B-17s (dated to 2004)
- List Of B-17s and B-24s downed in France between 1942 and 1945, 778 aircraft and more than 6500 crew members
- Crew 21 – 96BG 337BS 1943 East Anglia, UK.
- Shadows: the Flying Fortresses that fell from the sky – a 2008 documentary by Sean Caveille about a mid-air collision between two B-17s
- B-17 Flying Fortress profile, technical details and photos
- Flight article of 1944 on the construction and equipment of a B-17G
