B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Bell, Airplane Model (Assembled)

B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Bell, Airplane Model (Assembled)

Used by the U.S. Air Force in daylight precision bombing in WWII primarily against German industrial & military targets. 

Also participated to a lesser extent in the Pacific, bombing Japanese shipping & airfields.

The Flying Fortress is credited with dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft during WWII.