The B-17 played a crucial role in transforming ... A total of 12,731 B-17s were produced while 18,482 Consolidated B-24 ...
The first piece of B-24 was completed at Willow Run two days after the attack. But Edsel had promised that the massive bombers would take flight in May 1942. After numerous delays and production ...
As the US military was looking to expand production of Boeing's B-17 bomber in ... turned out a new bomber design, and it received a contract for a flyable prototype, the XB-24, in March 1939.