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The call was from Floyd Houdyshell, who was somewhere over on the other end of the noisy Officer's Club tent. "You want to photograph the B-17 tomorrow morning?" It was hard to hear what he was saying, it sounded more like, "Would you like to roll Christmas and your birthday into one and celebrate them both at dawn?" I said, "Uh, yeah! Sure, that would be great! Thank you!" |
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B-17G Specs:
Length 74 ft. 3.9 in. |
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Empty Weight-
36,134 lbs.
Gross Weight-
65,000 pounds
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Range- 3,750 Miles |
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Bomb Load-
8,000 pounds
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Crew- Ten
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Ceiling- 36,400 feet
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Powerplant- 4 Wright R-1820-97 Cyclones, 1,200 hp at takeoff
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Top Speed- 287 mph
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Height- 19 ft. 2.44 in.
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Armament- 13 Fifty caliber machine guns
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Fuel Capacity- 2,780 gallons carried in the wings
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Age- 60 glorious years
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