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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft that was developed for the United States Army Air Corps. It was world war II’s most famous heavy bomber plane that first flew on July 28, 1935. It’s nickname “Flying Fortress”was given by the members of the press who were present during the aircraft’s first take off because of it’s heavy defensive armament.The aircraft had five machine guns, room for 4,800 pounds of bombs, had electrically retractable landing gear and could accommodate a crew of nine. The B-17 Flying Fortress has become an icon of American power for many reasons and a symbol of its Air Force and has achieved a lasting fame in the general public.