Aluminum Overcast Specifications

Designed by:

Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington
Built under license by Vega Aircraft Company (now Lockheed)

Model:

B-17G Flying Fortress

Army Air Corps serial number:

#44-85740

Delivery date:

May 18, 1945

Required crew (10):

Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer (top turret gunner), Radio Operator, Waist Gunners (2), Tail Gunner and Ball Turret Gunner

Weights:

Basic Empty Weight - 34,000 lbs

Fuel capacity:

1,700 gallons

Wing span:

103 feet, 9 inches

Length:

74 feet, 4 inches

Height:

19 feet, 1 inch

Number built:

12,732. Production peaked at 16 airplanes a day in April 1944. Today, there about a dozen B-17s still flying.