Build a Hawaiian Air Depot B-17E

The B-17E was the first of the “combat-ready” versions of Boeing’s four-engine heavy bomber. But even though it was bristling with defensive firepower, the Flying Fortress was already vulnerable to enemy fighters when the U.S. entered the war. In Aviation History’s May 2016 issue, author Steve Birdsall chronicles the service records of eight of those …

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