ALUMINUM OVERCAST
FACT SHEETMANUFACTURED BY: Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington
MODEL: B-17-G Flying Fortress
ARMY AIR CORPS SERIAL NUMBER: #44-85740
DELIVERY DATE: May 18, 1945
REQUIRED CREW: 10 total; pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, engineer, radio operator, two waist gunners, tail gunner, and ball turret gunner
ENGINES: Four, Model 1820, 1200 horsepower, turbo-supercharged, radial engines, manufactured by Curtis Wright Corp.
GROSS WEIGHT: 65,500 pounds
FUEL CAPACITY: 1,700 gallons
FUEL CONSUMPTION: 200 gallons per hour (approx.)
RANGE: Approx. 1,800 miles. Range could be extended when equipped with "Tokyo tanks" which provided a total capacity of 3,639 gallons.
WIND SPAN: 103 feet, 9 inches
LENGTH: 74 feet, 9 inches
HEIGHT: 19 feet, 1 inch
SERVICE CEILING: 35,600 feet
ARMAMENT: Thirteen .50 caliber machine guns
BOMB LOAD: 17,600 pounds
TOP SPEED: 302 mph (maximum dive)
CRUISE SPEED: 160 mph
NUMBER BUILT: More than 12,700. Today, less than a dozen B-17's are still flying.
COLORS: 398th Bomb Group
ALUMINUM OVERCAST IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION AND IS BASED AT THE EAA'S AIR ADVENTURE MUSEUM IN OSHKOSH, WI.