Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress NAN10-50.jpg|thumb|B-17 modified for testing of the [[Pratt & Whitney T34|XT-34 turboprop]]. When testing concluded, the aircraft was restored to stock configuration as the "[[Liberty Belle (B-17)|Liberty Belle]]", but was lost in a post-forced-landing fire near [[Oswego, Illinois]] on 13 June 2011.]] [[Category:Boeing aircraft|B-17 Flying Fortress]] [[Category:United States bomber aircraft 1930–1939]] [[Category:Four-engined tractor aircraft]] [[Category:Low-wing aircraft]] [[Category:World War II bombers of the United States]] [[Category:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress| ]] [[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1935]] Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing
RAF Bomber Command aircrew of World War II Both were presumed murdered by Gestapo on recapture after running or participating in successful organizations inside Germany, assisted by forced labourers or anti-Nazi Germans, to assist escaping prisoners of war. Some RAF Bomber Command airmen received awards for their gallantry in specific actions or for their sustained courage facing the terrible odds against their surviving a full tour of operations. Enlisted men could receive a Distinguished Flying Medal or Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying). Commissioned officers and Warrant officers could receive a Distinguished Flying Cross. Commissioned officers, usually the more senior ranks, could receive a Distinguished Service Order which was sometimes