Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (N7227C)

Great shot, Ron!

Thank you!

Well timed and posted, Ron! 5*

very nicely framed

Great contrast well done. Happy Veterans Day.

Thanks to everyone!

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Nice Shot Ron!! that's an aircraft!!! I lflew personnally on the "Pink Lady" now grounded in La Ferté.(France)

Quite a bird. Dear Old Dad (RIP)was an engine mech on the 1830 at Bradley Field (KBFD) during WWII. He would tell me they would come back from Europe all shot-up he would overhaul engines and send them back. It's amazing some are still airworthy.

I always wished during WWII when I was about 5 or 6 years old that I was old enough to fly one of these, But they didn't let kids that young go to war.OH WELL Now 81 & to late.

A beautiful warbird, that shot a heck of a lot of Luftwaffe fighters out of the sky.

Really Great Plane never let them die.

one of my favorite planes from WW2.. GREAT SHOT

Beautiful shot Ron! My favorite old warbird.

My father-in-law was on his very first mission as a copilot on a B17 over Italy when they were hit by flak. Everyone was able to bail out and the plane flew on, eventually crashing into a large volcanic lake (Lake Bolsena). About 4 years ago, Italian researchers discovered and raised the ball turret gun from about 300 feet down, almost totally intact, guns weren't even bent. Further research was able to identify and match the crew with that aircraft and we learned all the stories of what happened to them all after bailout. Fascinating stuff.

Lucky background on this shot. Nice Touch Ron!

This airplane brought the 3rd Reich to its knees I just a few years.God Bless the men that flew it and the Americans who built it

1944 BOEING B-17G
THANK YOU! to everyone who help keep these Ol birds flying.

This cool B-17 lived at the airport I worked at for 25 years... Hooks near Tomball TX.

Thoughts to all those lost.

I cracked to tears seeing the tragic demise of this great bird at the airshow. Personally my uncle flew 50 missions in 17's out of Foggia IT in WWII, one he flew home with #1 and #2 feathered an fire after ditching all guns armor and ball turret to reduce weight to clear the Carpathian mountains @115 mph. Mechanics then swapped the engines and fixed that one in 3 days! This aircraft which is an effort to honor those WWII heros represents 10's of thousands of hours of loving restoration, the crews who maintain and fly them. My heart goes out to those just lost their lives and those who dedicated so much to let us not forget the sacrifices of those some 80 years ago.

100 Votes now............keep it going!

My Thoughts n Prayers to Families of all those lost.

Very sad!