What is a Fortress Bomber Why is a bomber called a Flying Fortress ?

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To put it simply: historically there are 3 models of aircraft called "Bastion".

1. B 17 Flying Fortress.

2. B 29 Super Flying Fortress.

3. B 52 Stratofortress.

These three were basically the most advanced long-range strategic bombers of the time. Among them, the B-52 has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers, and is called an "intercontinental bomber", which means similar to today's intercontinental missiles.

The B52 strategic bomber belongs to the US military during World War II, with strong endurance and large bomb capacity, and is mainly used for long-range bombing of the enemy's important industrial bases to achieve the purpose of strategic deterrence and destruction of military production capacity.

1. The Flying Fortress is an American bomber, the full name is the B-17 "Flying Fortress" strategic bomber. The United States has a nickname for each **, and the Flying Fortress is the nickname for such a bomber as the B-17.

The B-17 is called the "air rampart" for the following reasons:

The A, B-17 had 13 mm machine guns, like a hedgehog, just like a medieval fortress, before the advent of cannons, the defenders of the bastion were impregnable with crossbow arrows.

The B, B-17 uses the Dura aluminum fuselage, which was the most advanced bomber during World War II, only the United States has enough power to break down the aluminum, and only the United States can afford to use the metal fuselage, and the metal fuselage is a hard barrier for the wooden fuselage.

C. B-17 is a strategy, it has a large bomb load and flight altitude, and is strong and reliable, and can often "sway" back to the airport after being heavily damaged, so it is called an unbreakable barrier.

2. The performance of B-17 is as follows:

The maximum take-off weight is 25 tons.

The maximum bomb load is 8 tons.

Crew: 10 people.

The range is 3000 km.

2. There are the following types of bombers in the United States called "Fort So-and-so", all of which are bombers manufactured by Boeing

B-17 Flying Fortress.

B-29 Super Flying Fortress.

B-50 Super Barrier.

B-52 Stratofortress.

The "Flying Fortress" is a heavy bomber of the United States during World War II, named because of its high flight altitude, certain protective armor, and equipped with multiple cannons (which can counterattack when intercepted by enemy aircraft). Not all bombers are called "Flying Fortresses", like the nicknames of people.

Carry ** more, strong attack power.

The Flying Fortress is B 17

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a long-range heavy bomber designed by Boeing and flown in 1935, and the B-17 was modified in a variety of ways as the war progressed. In the European theater of World War II in 1940, the B-17 became famous for the bombing of Berlin. It was the world's first large bomber equipped with radar sights and capable of delivering bombs at high altitudes, and was one of the most produced large bombers in World War II, with a total production of 12,731 G models.

It was one of the main aircraft used by the Allied forces to strike at strategic targets in Germany. This unprecedentedly large, all-metal, four-round, high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber could be mounted with 5 8 tons of bombs and 13 12 7 mm machine guns.

The B 29 bomber, a step up from the B 17 bomber, has a bomb load of 9 tons, a range of 6,000 kilometers, and a practical ceiling of more than 10,000 meters, making it a veritable "Super Flying Fortress" bomber in World War II.

B-29 "Production" On March 9, 1945, the U.S. military dispatched 334 B 29s to carry out a large-scale bombing of Tokyo, leaving 1 million people homeless and injuring 10,000 people, more than the total number of casualties in the two atomic bomb attacks.

There are many models of B-29 bombers: B-29A, B-29B, B-29D, XB-29, YB-29, B-29 "Production", etc. Now decommissioned.