Dark Skies Official on MSN
The bomber covered in machine guns that flew further than the B-17
During World War 2, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress became the public face of America’s bombing campaign, but another heavy ...
World of Warbirds on MSN
YB-40 Flying Fortress gunship explained, the B-17 mutant built to protect bombers with 18 machine guns
In 1942, American bomber formations were getting shredded by head-on Luftwaffe attacks, so the US tried an extreme solution: turning bombers into gunship escorts. From the YB-40 to the XB-41, this is ...
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