MAIN INDEX > B-17 FLYING FORTRESS REGISTRY > The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the then-United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and more than met the Air Corps' expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that they ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances. With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as an effective weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million metric tons of bombs dropped on Germany by U.S. aircraft, 640,000 tons were dropped from B-17s B-17D | B-17E | B-17F | B-17G | SPECIFICATIONS Named Aircraft Aluminum Overcast Boeing Bee Champaign Lady Chuckie City of Savannah Desert Rat Fuddy Duddy Gremlins Hideout Heavens Above Homesick Angel I'll Be Around King Bee Lacey Lady Liberty Belle   Mary Alice Memphis Belle (Orig) Memphis Belle Miss Angela Miss Liberty Bell My Gal Sal Nine-O-Nine Outhouse Mouse Picadilly Lily II Picadilly Princess Pink Lady Prestons Pride Reluctant Dragon Return To Glory   Sally B Sentimental Journey Shady Lady Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby Short Beir Sleepy Time Gal Suzy Q Swamp Ghost Texas Raiders The Swoose Thunderbird Virgin's Delight Yankee Doodle II Yankee Lady B-17D 40-3097  (R-11) B-17E 41-2438  (C-64) 41-2446  (S-10) 41-2595  (R-11)   41-9032  (R-11) 41-9090  (Q-08)   41-9142  (C-64) 41-9205  (?)   41-9210  (R-02) 41-9234  (Q-11) B-17F 41-24485  (R-11) 42-3360  (W-55) 42-3374  (D-09)   42-3490  (C-50) 42-3543  (C-49) 42-6073  (W-65)   42-6107  (W-70) 42-29782  (S-11) 42-30177  (C-73)   42-30661  (C-46) 42-30681  (S-99) 42-30921  (W-62) B-17G 42-38008  (Q-93) 42-31163  (W-45) 42-32076  (D-11) 42-38160  (PD-05) 42-97115  (C-48) 42-97854  (Q-02) 42-102446  (C-54) 42-102542  (W-58) 42-102715  (P-98) 42-107067  (C-46) 43-37650  (W-55) 43-38322  (W-72) 43-38635  (D-11) 43-38978  (C-62) 43-39281  (C-57) 43-39304  (W-50) 43-39307  (W-59) 44-6393  (D-02) 44-6556  (W-63) 44-8543  (A-11) 44-8846  (A-02)   44-8889  (D-11) 44-83316  (P-12) 44-83512  (D-02) 44-83514  (A-02) 44-83525  (R-02) 44-83542  (D-12) 44-83546  (A-11) 44-83559  (D-11) 44-83563  (A-11) 44-83575  (A-12) 44-83587  (C-56) 44-83624  (D-02) 44-83663  (D-02) 44-83684  (D-02) 44-83690  (D-11) 44-83718  (S-08) 44-83722  (P-11) 44-83729  (C?-73) 44-83735  (D-03) 44-83753  (C-61) 44-83757  (C-72)   44-83763  (C-59) 44-83778  (C-56) 44-83785  (A-11) 44-83790  (R-05) 44-83811  (C-62) 44-83814  (R-11) 44-83851  (C-61) 44-83857  (C-67) 44-83858  (W-65) 44-83863  (D-05) 44-83864  (W-72) 44-83868  (D-11) 44-83872  (A-02) 44-83884  (D-02) 44-85507  (W-52) 44-85583  (D-04) 44-85594  (C-72) 44-85599  (D-02) 44-85643  (W-89) 44-85679  (W-64) 44-85706  (C-59)   44-85718  (A-11) 44-85728  (C-70) 44-85733  (W-49) 44-85734  (W-11) 44-85738  (D-02) 44-85740  (A-11) 44-85774  (W-75) 44-85778  (A-10) 44-85784  (A-06) 44-85790  (R-02) 44-85806  (W-64) 44-85812  (W-76) 44-85813  (R-11) 44-85817  (W-57) 44-85821  (S-00) 44-85823  (W-60) 44-85824  (W-63) 44-85825  (W-59) 44-85828  (D-12) 44-85829  (A-02) 44-85840  (W-73) MAIN INDEX > B-17 FLYING FORTRESS REGISTRY >