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Страна : США

Год : 1941

9-10-местный бомбардировщик дальнего действия

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B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress

Тяжелый бомбардировщик, четырехмоторный цельнометаллический моноплан с убирающимся шасси с хвостовым колесом. Экипаж 6-10 человек. Спроектирован в КБ фирмы "Боинг эйрплейн" под руководством Э.Эмери и Э.Уэллса. Опытный бомбардировщик "модель 229" впервые взлетел 28 июня 1935 г. Серийное производство начато в декабре 1936 г.
   Выпускался на заводах "Боинг" в Сиэттле, "Вега эйркрафт корпорейшн" в Бэрбанке, "Дуглас" в Лонг-Бич. Всего построен 12 731 экз. B-17 состоял на вооружении в США с марта 1937 г., в Великобритании - с марта 1941 г., в СССР - с апреля 1945 г.
   Основные серийные модификации:
   - B-17C ("Фортресс" I) с моторами R-1820-65, вооружение 5x12,67+1x7,62, бомбы до 1235 кг;
   - B-17D с протектированными бензобаками, дополнительной бронезащитой, вооружение 7x12,7+1x7,62, бомбы до 1235 кг;
   - B-17E с новыми хвостовой частью фюзеляжа и оперением, вооружение 8x12,7+ 1x7,62, бомбы до 8000 кг, на поздних сериях - шаровая подфюзеляжная турель;
   - B-17F ("Фортресс" II) с новой носовой частью фюзеляжа, противопыльными фильтрами, протектированными маслобаками, дополнительными бензобаками, моторами R-1820-97, вооружение 8x12,7+1x7,62 или 11x12,7 (с F-75), бомбы до 9500 кг, отдельные самолеты оснащались РЛС H2S;
   - B-17G ("Фортресс" III) с измененной схемой вооружения, вооружение 11-13x12,7, с G-50 разнесенные по длине бортовые стрелковые установки, на отдельных самолетах РЛС Н2К.
   Первый случай боевого применения - налет английской авиации на Вильгельмсхафен в июле 1941 г. Английские "крепости" небольшими группами совершали налеты на Гамбург, Эмден, Дюссельдорф, Осло, Брест. С октября 1941 г. английские самолеты использовались в Европе только в Береговом командовании как патрульно-противолодочные. В Африке они действовали до мая 1942 г., совершая налеты на Тобрук и Бенгази.
   Американские B-17 получили боевое крещение в декабре 1941 г. на Гавайях и Филиппинах. В январе 1942 г. участвовали в боях на о.Ява, активно применялись затем на море (в т.ч. в сражениях в Коралловом море и у Мидуэя). С февраля 1942 г. дислоцировались также в Индии. С 1943 г. убраны с Тихоокеанского театра, где заменены на B-24, зато с августа 1942 г. применялись в Европе (с баз в Великобритании). С января 1943 г. совершали массированные дневные налеты на цели в Германии. С начала 1944 г. - основной тип американского бомбардировщика на европейском театре. Применялся также как дальний разведчик, самолет РЭП и спасательной службы, военно-транспортный. В июне - сентябре 1944 г. B-17 участвовали в "челночных" операциях с баз на Украине. "Крепости" ВВС армии США использовались на фронте до конца войны в Европе. Советские B-17 в боевых действиях не участвовали.
   B-17 сняли с производства в июле 1945 г. Большая часть была снята с вооружения в 1946 г., но отдельные машины эксплуатировались ВВС США до 1956 г., а в Береговой охране они служили до 1959 г.


B-17G||
Размах:||31,63 м
Длина:||22,65 м
Моторы, количество х мощность:||4x1200 л.с.
Взлетная масса, максимальная:||30000 кг
Максимальная скорость:||460 км/ч
Практический потолок:||10900 м
Дальность:||5400 км

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  • B-17E / B-17G Flying Fortress
  • F-9
  • Boeing Model 299 (B-17 Flying Fortress, B-40, BQ-7 и другие)
  • Мировая Авиация 57

    Вскоре после окончания Второй мировой войны бомбардировщики B-17 вновь оказались на войне, на сей раз - в Корее. Фактически, именно SB-17G 25 июня 1950 года выполнил первый боевой вылет на корейской войне.

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    Бригадному генералу Баркусу, когда он был командующим 5-й Воздушной армией, часто приходилось летать на VB-17G (44-83546).

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    VB-17G штаба Дальневосточных ВВС, самолет сфотографирован в Сувоне в 1951 году.

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    Самолеты VB-17 выполняли чартерные рейсы между авиабазами в Корее, а также между Кореей и Японией. В днище фюзеляжа этого самолета сделан дополнительный люк. VB-17 не несли вооружения.

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    Своей конфигурацией этот самолет больше похож на модификацию PB-1W, однако необычны антенны на нижней поверхности и маркировка ВВС США.

  • Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / G.Salerno - A Troubled Birth /Air forces/

    A Boeing SB-17G of the 5th ERS with lifeboat and a search radar under the nose.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 2000-02 / M.O'Leary - The B-17 that would not die /Warbird air-to-air/

    Yucca Lady at Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona, in June 1968. At this time work was being carried out on the bomber as time permitted. Note the old Military Air Transport Service search-and-rescue markings. A great deal of reskinning was needed to replace metal damaged by three atomic bomb explosions. Although the aircraft was theoretically “cool”, the University of Arizona undertook a test during the late 1960s to examine the droppings from rats which had taken up residence in the bomber. The droppings were found to be radioactive!

  • Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / G.Salerno - A Troubled Birth /Air forces/

    An SB-17G of 'D' Flight 7th ARS recovering mail from an expedition in the desert.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / K.Wixey - Boeing's Battle Wagon
    Регистрационный номер: N66573

    Many B-17s ended their days as air tankers. ‘Tanker Bravo-10’ TB-17G N66573 with Black Hills Aviation at Spearfish, South Dakota, in the early 1960s. Built as B-17G-55-BO 44-102715 and demobbed in 1952, the Fortress was used first for air survey work and then as an air tanker. ‘Tanker Bravo-10’ came to grief while fighting a forest fire in Montana, July 1979.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / K.Wixey - Boeing's Battle Wagon
    Регистрационный номер: N7227C   [2]

    ‘Texas Raiders’ in her ‘pure’ civilian days as an air survey platform with Aero Service Corporation, based at Philadelphia. The aircraft operated with a variety of aerials and probes, but in this view is very ‘clean’.

  • Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04
    Регистрационный номер: FL459   [2]

    Fortress IIA J/220 (FL459) on windswept Benbeoula

  • Мировая Авиация 53

    На фотографии B-17F из Берегового командования хорошо видны обтекатель антенны РЛС под носовой частью фюзеляжа и антенна этой же РЛС над остеклением кабины штурманов. Самолет принадлежал 220-й эскадрилье и базировался на авиабазе Балликелла, Северная Ирландия.

  • Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04
    Регистрационный номер: FK190

    Fortress IIA J/206 (FK190) at Benbecula

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / R.Thomas - One of their U-boats is missing
    Регистрационный номер: FK706

    Fortress IIA FK706, photographed in November 1942. Around 200 Fortresses entered service with RAF Coastal Command from the middle of 1942 and most were used on long-range patrols over the Atlantic. In addition to operating from Iceland, these heavy bombers were based at Chivenor, Benbecula and the Azores. Note the twin 0-5in machine-guns in the tail turret.

  • Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04
    Регистрационный номер: FA702   [2]

    Fortress II P/206 (FA702)

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1990-03 / R.Thomas - One of their U-boats is missing
    Регистрационный номер: FA702   [2]

    An RAF Coastal Command Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress II takes off from its Azores base to escort convoys and protect them from prowling U-boats. Fortresses from 206 and 220 Sqns were based at Lagens in the Azores between October 1943 and May 1945 flying anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic.

  • Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04

    H/206 takes off from Lagens

  • Мировая Авиация 53
    Регистрационный номер: FL459   [2]

    Самолет Fortress Mk II FL459 "J" из 206-й эскадрильи в полете парой с другой машиной Берегового командования. Оба самолета в конце 1943 года базировались на Азорских островах. Под крылом и носовой частью фюзеляжа установлены антенны поисковой РЛС. Самолеты использовались для патрулирования Атлантики и охраны конвоев союзников на переходах из США в Великобританию и обратно.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1981-08 / Personal album

    Boeing Fortress III, 9202 of the RCAF, at Foggia Main Italy, in December 1943.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-02 / L.Hendrix - F for Photo-reconnaissance

    The photographic version of the Flying Fortress was the Boeing F-9. Many B-17s were so modified.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1986-10 / M.Oakey - Grapevine
    Регистрационный номер: F-BEEA   [4]

    Boeing B-17G F-BEEA at Dublin recently, while over from France on aerial survey work.

  • Air Pictorial 1956-06 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
    Регистрационный номер: F-BGOE

    One of a small number of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, F-BGOE, a B-17G is used by the Institute Geographique Nationale for photosurvey overseas. Base is at Criel.

  • Air Pictorial 1956-03 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
    Регистрационный номер: CF-HBP

    Hunting Aerosurveys' Canadian company uses this specially converted Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (CF-HBP) for large-scale mapping operations. Cameras may be mounted in the position formerly occupied by the "chin" gun turret.

  • Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Photo Review
    Регистрационный номер: CF-ICB

    CF-ICB is one of three B-17s owned by P.S.C., two of which are currently mapping Canada's Arctic archipelago.

  • Aviation Historian 16 / K.Honey - In the Land of Black Gold
    Регистрационный номер: N5845N

    One of the more exotic types photographed at Sebha was Boeing B-17G N5845N, originally serialled 42-102542, which was being used by Philadelphia-based Aero Services Corp for high-altitude survey photography work. It is believed to have been written off in a non-fatal landing accident at Jeddah in 1959.

  • Air Pictorial 1957-03 / B.Robertson - U.S. Aircraft in the British Services 1914-1955 (7)
    Регистрационный номер: FK185   [2]

    A Boeing B-17E Fortress modified experimentally in Great Britain to take a Bristol B-16 nose turret mounting a 40 m/m. cannon.
    The Fortress IIA (FK185) which was used as a test-bed for the Bristol B.16 nose turret, mounting a 40-mm. Vickers "S" gun.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / K.Wixey - Boeing's Battle Wagon
    Регистрационный номер: FK185   [2]

    Fortress IIA FK185 in February 1944 with a remotely-controlled Bristol B.16 nose turret and ‘chin’ installation. The gun is a 40mm Vickers ‘S’ for anti-submarine duties.

  • Air Pictorial 1957-02 / Photos by request

    BOEING PB-1 (34106) of U.S.N., N.A.M.C., Philadelphia. Note scale model F8F Bearcat under belly.

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: Grumman F8F Bearcat - США - 1944

  • Мировая Авиация 26

    Самолеты B-17G нашли себе применение и после войны. Этот SB-17 несет под фюзеляжем радар Н2Х и сбрасываемую с воздуха лодку для спасения приводнившихся летчиков. ВМС США использовали B-17 в качестве самолета ДРЛО (под обозначением PB-1W), оснащенного поисковой РЛС.

  • Мировая Авиация 42

    B-17H (SB-17G) и PB-1G. В 1945 году существовали планы по переделке около 130 самолетов B-17G в модификации B-17H (фото) и TB-17H. оснащенные спасательной лодкой и РЛС ASV. ВВС США планировали использовать их в качестве морских спасателей.
    Air-sea rescue configured B-17H 44-83802. Apart from the air-droppable lifeboat, note the chin-mounted radar. The B-17H was later redesignated the SB-17G.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1996-05 / T.Hooton - Nocturnal navigator (4)

    A USAF Boeing SB-29 photographed from Mosquito RL201 just after the author’s first intercept during Exercise Pinnacle, 1951. Some SB-29s were based at Sculthorpe and carried airborne lifeboats underneath the fuselage for ocean rescue of ditched aircrews.

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: De Havilland Mosquito F - Великобритания - 1941

  • Air Enthusiast 2006-01 / G.Salerno - A Troubled Birth /Air forces/

    A SB-17G Flying Fortress of the ARS dropping an A-1 lifeboat with parachute

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1989-07 / J.McHard - Far East assignment (2)

    Regular air/sea rescue patrols were mounted by Boeing B-17s, which used Kai Tak for overnight stops. This one was photographed on July 2, 1949. The lifeboat, wingtips, centre-section panels and fuselage bands were yellow, as were the ASR panels. All these areas were outlined with dark blue. The rest of the aircraft was in natural alloy finish - no armament was visible.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1980-10 / Personal album

    An unidentified Boeing B-17H ASR with lifeboat. Although designated B-17H, the type was later redesignated SB-17G. About 50 such conversions were made, with provision for a lifeboat for air-sea rescue work. Many had search radar in place of the chin turret, with other armament deleted.

  • Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

    The Boeing B-17H Flying Fortress, a conversion from the B-17G for Air/Sea Rescue duties.

  • Air Pictorial 1957-02 / Photos by request

    BOEING PB-1G (77254) of U.S. Coast Guard - for rescue-reconnaissance.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-01 / R.Niccoli - Atlantic Sentinels

    The first Boeing SB-17G was serialled 275, and in 1952 became 7401. Five aircraft of this type were operated until 1960 for SAR mission.

  • Air Pictorial 1957-10 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

    Rare bird in military colours these days is the air/sea rescue version of the Boeing Flying Fortress. The ex-U.S.A.F. Boeing SB-17G wears Portuguese Air Force markings and is currently based at Lagens AFB, in the Azores. It keeps company with a Portuguese Air Force Grumman SA-16A Albatross amphibian.

  • Мировая Авиация 42

    Было изготовлено лишь 12 B-17H, в 1948 году получивших обозначение SB-17G. Береговая охрана США использовала 17 подобных машин с обозначением PB-1G. Один из этих самолетов, № 77254 (фото), стал последним Fortress на военной службе в США (не считая беспилотных мишеней), выполнив последний полет 14 октября 1959 года.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / K.Wixey - Boeing's Battle Wagon

    US Navy PB-1W BuNo 77237 ‘XD-I’, originally USAAF B-17G 44-83874 was one of 40 transferred to the Navy. Note ventral radome containing APS-20 search radar.

  • Мировая Авиация 42

    PB-1 и PB-1W. В конце Второй мировой войны ВМС США получили 48 самолетов B-17 (с 31 июля 1945 года им было присвоено обозначение PB-1). В послевоенное время ВМС закупили еще 31 B-17G, которые оснастили РЛС AN/APS-20 и присвоили обозначение PB-1W (фото). Эти самолеты использовались в качестве противолодочных, пока им на смену не пришли Lockheed WV-2.

  • Aviation Historian 14 / D.Powers - Bunny Power!

    Another of the batch of 20 B-17Gs transferred to the US Navy and operated by VX-4 was PB-1W BuNo 77233, seen here at NAS Glenview, Illinois, in August 1950. The W in the PB-1W designation denoted the anti-submarine role, for which a large radome was fitted beneath the fuselage to accommodate the APS-20 search radar equipment.

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    Самолеты PB-1W ВМС США также не имели вооружения, но у них сохранялась возможность установки верхних турелей с пулеметами. Под бомбоотсеком смонтирован обтекатель антенны поисковой РЛС AN/APS-20.

  • Мировая Авиация 57

    PB-1W из эскадрильи VW-1. Самолеты этой эскадрильи вели поиск советских подводных лодок на подступах к базе ВМС США Барбер-Пойнт, Гавайские острова. Под крылом подвешены дополнительные топливные баки, очень похожие на подкрыльевые баки истребителя P-38 Lightning.

  • Aviation Historian 14 / D.Powers - Bunny Power!

    Originally tasked with the evaluation of airborne early warning systems, VX-4 initially operated Boeing PB-1Ws, including this example, BuNo 77230, photographed during a test flight circa 1946. Built as a B-17G, it was on strength with the USAAF as 44-83862 when it was transferred with 20 others to the US Navy and redesignated.

  • Моделист-Конструктор Дальние и высотные разведчики Второй мировой войны

    Бомбардировщик "Фортресс" III, переделанный в Англии в самолет РЭБ, 214-я эскадрилья Королевских ВВС, 1944 г.
    Rarely illustrated, the Boeing B-17 B.III was a version used by Bomber Command for radio and radar counter-measures. Some of the special equipment carried is visible here.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1978-12 / M.Peden - The radar war (2)

    A black Fortress of 214 Squadron at Oulton in 1944. They were modified by Scottish Aviation at Prestwick.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-01 / M.Peden - The radar war (3)

    Reader H. Clarke of Sevenoaks, Kent, contributed these shots of B-17 "U for Uncle" of 214 Squadron. The aircraft, named “Give it to Uncle", is seen here

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-01 / M.Peden - The radar war (3)

    The skipper of “U for Uncle”, Fg off “Dobie” Dobson, poses with his charge.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-01 / M.Peden - The radar war (3)

    “The mad carew”. Mr Clarke would be pleased to hear from any of his old mates.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1978-12 / M.Peden - The radar war (2)

    Members of 214 Squadron, including Wg Cdr McGlinn and the station commander, Gp Capt Dickens, pose before a black Fortress.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-01 / M.Peden - The radar war (3)

    Sgt “Nobby” Clarke, the rear gunner and contributor, is seen in his “office”

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    Named Thunder Head, B-17F 42-3358, seen here in September 1944, was converted to Ferret configuration by the 16th RS in October 1943. Visible on the spine of the aircraft are two posts fitted with Yagi-array direction-finding antennas and an additional post antenna. Two months later Thunder Head returned home across the Atlantic.

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    With Tunis visible in the background, 42-3055 Ferret V awaits its next mission at Foch Field in March 1944. This B-17F acquired its distinctive mottled camouflage scheme soon after its delivery to the 16th RS; it was probably applied “in-house” by squadron maintenance personnel for additional stealthiness during its solitary overwater night missions.

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    The core of what was to become the 16th RS, including Ferret crewmembers and Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF) administrative personnel, pose for a photograph in front of B-17F serial 42-3055 Ferret V at Foch Field, Tunisia, circa early August 1943. Note the unusual black mottled camouflage scheme applied to Ferret V.

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    B-17F 42-3055, the long-serving Ferret V, was the only remaining purpose-built Ferret serving with the 16th RS when the squadron concluded operations in November 1944. Apparently also given the name The Pointer, 42-3055 was disposed of in-theatre, as it was considered to be too weary to make the journey back to the USA.

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    Maintenance personnel of the 16th RS prepare one of the squadron’s Ferrets for another mission at Foch Field in September 1943. Initially lacking much of the necessary basic equipment, the unit was forced to borrow tools, maintenance stands and other equipment from the 17th BG’s Air Depot Group in order to maintain its aircraft.

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    B-17 42-3358 Thunder Head (left) at Foch Field in March 1944. Note the navigation radar in place of the ball turret and additional antennas on the spine of the fuselage. At the right of the picture is a B-25C/D named Battle Bitch, although it is unknown whether this is the aircraft the 16th RS acquired for radar-calibration sorties.

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: North American B-25 Mitchell / PBJ-1 - США - 1940

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    The various aircraft of the 16th RS at Foggia, Italy, in July 1944. The handwritten numbers correspond to the picture as follows: 1) B-17F 42-30437; 2) B-17F 42-3055 Ferret V; 3) B-17F 42-3358; 4) B-17F unit hack #412; 5) B-25D radar calibration aircraft #463. Not numbered but parked to the right of ’437 is the unit’s unidentified P-38G.

    Другие самолёты на фотографии: Lockheed P-38 Lightning - США - 1939North American B-25 Mitchell / PBJ-1 - США - 1940

  • Aviation Historian 30 / B.Cahill - The USAAF's Mediterranean Ferrets

    LEFT The Radar Observer’s position in a 16th RS Ferret. Lower shelf, right to left: an AN/APR-4 receiver; Dumont 224-A Oscilloscope; SCR-587 receiver, and spare tuners for the latter. The upper shelf holds audio oscilloscopes. RIGHT Head of the AN/APR-5 installation team Lt Hovee poses beside his handiwork in July 1944.

  • Мировая Авиация 42

    XB-38. Для улучшения летных характеристик B-17 ВВС Армии США в 1943 году предложили "Lockheed-Vega" оснастить один B-17E двигателями жидкостного охлаждения Allison V-1710. Впервые поднявшийся в воздух 19 мая 1943 года. XB-38 оказался чуть быстрее предшественника, а дальность полета заметно увеличилась. Однако, поскольку самолет был потерян из-за пожара в воздухе через месяц после начала испытаний, полного сравнения с B-17 сделано не было, а от постройки еще двух машин отказались.

  • Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

    The Boeing XB-38, an experimental version of the Fortress fitted with Allison V-1710-89 engines.

  • Air Enthusiast 1998-11 / K.Wixey - Boeing's Battle Wagon

    The ill-fated XB-38 prototype 41-2401, a B-17E re-engined with four Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engines.

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1993-04 / Boeing B-17G 44-83514/N9323Z /Preservation Profile/
    Регистрационный номер: N9323Z   [8]

    N9323Z after conversion to a tanker by Aero Union. Tanker 17 completed thousands of firefighting sorties over a period of 18yr.

  • Air Pictorial 1958-08 / Photo Review
    Регистрационный номер: N9815F

    Recently "ex-S.America" and temporarily resident in Florida, a "local mod.", cargo-door Boeing B-17G (N9815F);

  • Air Pictorial 1958-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

    Described as an "Electronics Test Ship", this Boeing ETB-17G Flying Fortress (serial: 0-48543) is currently on loan to the Federal Tele-Communications Corp., Teterboro Airport, N.J. Note wingtip "devices".

  • Aeroplane Monthly 1979-12

    The USAF photo by TOM ROBERTS captures a civil-registered Boeing B-17 during aerial fire-fighting work on behalf of the US Forestry Service. No fewer than 23 B-17s were on the American civil register in 1978, many of which have provided valuable service as water bombers over the past decade.

  • Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-03 / С.Мороз - Противник номер один (1)

    JB-17G (две летающих лаборатории для отработки двигателей) - один из них, 44-85813 (на снимке), ранее обозначавшийся EB-17G, использовался для отработки ТВД Wright XT35 Typhoon.
    Летающая лаборатория JB-17G S/N 44-85813 для испытаний турбовинтового двигателя Райт T-35-W «Тайфун» на рабочем режиме - поршневые моторы выключены

  • Мировая Авиация 113

    1940-1950-е годы - испытания ТРД. После Второй мировой войны стали доступны большие четырехмоторные бомбардировщики и транспортные самолеты. Их широко использовали в качестве летающих лабораторий. Например, в носовой части Boeing B-17 (фото) был установлен ТВД Wright XT35 Typhoon мощностью 5000 л.с. (3723 кВт)

  • Air Pictorial 1957-02 / Photos by request
    Регистрационный номер: N5111N

    BOEING B-17 E.T.B. Several B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of World War II fame have been converted as experimental engine test-beds. Development flying trials (with nose-mounted jet engines) have included the Allison T38 and T56, the Pratt & Whitney T34 and the Wright T35 turboprops as well as the Wright J65 turbojet. The accompanying remarkable air-to-air close-up of the Boeing Model 299Z (N5111N) with all four piston props feathered and flying solely on the Pratt & Whitney T34 turboprop was taken in autumn 1950 by Harold G. Martin.

  • Air Pictorial 1957-08 / Photos by request

    Also hitherto unpublished is the U.S.A.F. Research and Development Command's Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress fitted out as a piton-engine flying test-bed - shown here with a 3,500-h.p. Wright R-3350 radial in the nose.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    With the 58th Bomb Wing’s distinctive “mushroom cloud” insignia prominent on the forward fuselage, B-17G serial 44-85818 was one of five drone-directors used for Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands in mid-1946. By the time this photo was taken in January 1947, the aircraft had joined the 1st Experimental Guided Missiles Group (EGMG).

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Drone-director B-17 serial 44-85738 departs Stickell Field on Enewetak on April 25, 1946, during Operation Crossroads. The director aircraft had large roman numerals applied to their fins and were not given the yellow empennages of the drones. This aircraft later went on to have a long post-USAAF career, serving with TWA, the Iranian government and France’s Institut Geographique National.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Redesignated as a DB-17 for Operation Sandstone, a drone-director comes in to land at Eglin AFB in Florida on August 11, 1950. The director aircraft would escort the drone all the way to touchdown before circling back to complete its own landing. The radio control jeep, having completed its work, prepares to leave the runway.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    A drone pilot simulates controlling a drone from one of the director B-17s used in Operation Crossroads in 1946.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Early-configuration drone-control equipment in the nose of a B-17 director. The scope hood covered the TV relay of the drone’s instrument panel, while the simple box below it controlled the drone.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    The instrument panel of a drone B-17 showing the various levers and mechanisms fitted to support remote flight operations.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    B-17 drone 44-85819 at Muroc Army Airfield (to become Edwards Air Force Base in 1950) in California, with a director B-17 parked alongside. This aircraft was one of two drones flown by means of remote control from a director from Hilo, Hawaii, to Muroc in August 1946, following the conclusion of Operation Crossroads.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Five drone B-17s await their next flights, probably during pre-Crossroads training while en route to the Pacific. The Crossroads drones had yellow-painted tail sections, individual aircraft bearing one to four horizontal stripes on the fin and the same number of stripes painted around the fuselage aft of the wing trailing edge.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    A quartet of drone B-17s in flight between Clovis Field and Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico on April 15, 1946. Drone and director training was undertaken from Clovis Field, while Roswell was selected as the centre for final preparations for Crossroads. The Boeing B-29s of the 509th Composite Group were also based at Roswell

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    A drone B-17 on approach to land at Muroc. The control jeep in the foreground was used in Operation Remote for the take-off in Hawaii, then flown to California for the landing.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    What would modern health and safety make of it? Members of groundcrew pull the air-sample bag from the bomb bay of a drone B-17 with long ropes after Crossroads’ Able shot on July 1, 1946. Note the air filter atop the forward fuselage of the drone. None of the groundcrew are wearing protective clothing, despite the drone having just flown through the cloud of a 23-kiloton-yield atomic explosion.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Specially constructed filters for the air-sampling drones were fitted in place of the original dorsal turret. This is a “first generation” example, as used in Crossroads and Sandstone.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    The B-17 drones used in Operation Sandstone added a second air-filter carrier beneath the nose. Note the 1st EGMG’s motif on the nose.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Removal of the upper air-filter carrier after a Sandstone mission. The sequence was more mechanised than that used in Crossroads, an extended-boom forklift vice manually pulling lanyards to make the carrier fall to the ground. The drones retained their yellow empennages, but the stripes were replaced with Arabic numerals.

  • Aviation Historian 41 / B.Cahill - Ghost Fortresses of the Apocalypse (1)

    Two airmen perform a decontamination washdown of a drone B-17 during Operation Sandstone in the spring of 1948. Decontamination started after all samples had been removed (note the filter carrier missing from the nose). The name Carolyn, along with the 1st EGMG’s insignia, have been applied to the drone’s forward fuselage.

  • Мировая Авиация 42

    QB-17G (беспилотная мишень, часто использовавшаяся в паре с DB-17G).

  • Air Pictorial 1958-05 / ??? - Peacetime Combat for the Flying Fortresses

    The B-17 drone (striped) guided by the "Mother" plane, takes off for a rendezvous with a guided missile. After climbing to altitude the drone flies steadily on its fixed course ...

  • Air Pictorial 1958-05 / ??? - Peacetime Combat for the Flying Fortresses

    ... suddenly flame blossoms from the drone's fuselage as the deadly missile strikes home. The aircraft plunges earthwards ...

  • Air Pictorial 1958-05 / ??? - Peacetime Combat for the Flying Fortresses

    ... but not always to destruction. This drone made a wheels-up landing, and after repair will fly again.

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