Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

A U.S. designed heavy bomber, with relatively light payload and moderate range, but excellent defenses and rugged construction, that was the primary U.S. daytime strategic bomber in the European Theater of the Second World War