1304 Italeri - 1/72 B-17 Mk.I Fortress WWII  [IT-1304S]

Period: 2nd World War

Nation: The United Kingdom

Model Dim.: 31,3 cm

B-17 Mk.We Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is probably the absolute many distinguished four-engine hefty bomber aircraft of 2nd World War. In 1934 america Army Air Corps tendered a proposal to displace the old Martin B-10, which had now become outdated. The B-17 first saw combat because of the British Royal Air Force.during the following World War. The RAF, actually, joined up with into war with a restricted range hefty bombers, equipping its items with all the very first B-17Cs obtained from united states of america, which have been renamed B-17 Mk.I. Initial operational missions against strategic objectives in Germany, as an example the industrial city of Wilhemshaven or the busy slot of Brest, were only available in July 1941. The B-17 Mk.we possessed 4 effective Wright R-1820-65 turbo-charged radial engines and was at reality capable of maintaining a considerable bombload, also on longer-range missions. From a commercial viewpoint, the B-17 is considered as to be 1st big aircraft become produced on a substantial scale, utilizing the revolutionary mass manufacturing techniques.