The B-17 Flying Fortress
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780760309339
Subjects: History: World; History; History - Military / War; Military Science; Military - Aviation; B-17 bomber
First sentence: In the spring of 1928 Clairmont J. Egtvedt, a vice-president of the Boeing Aircraft Company, boarded the carrier USS Langley, anchored in San Diego Bay, to confer with Rear-Admiral Joseph M. Reeves about the new Boeing F3B and F4B series of shipboard fighters, which were about to replace the earlier F2B in service with the US Navy.