Name: 波音 B-17 飛行堡壘 (歷史頻道) 【附英字】 (波音 B-17 飛行堡壘 (歷史頻道) 【附英字】)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:56:30.000Z
Duration: 43 min 54 s
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It was the most potent symbol of the American airpower in military history.

and erased Hitler's capital to the ground.

"To me, it was the most beautiful plane ever built,

thousands of them would fly the most perilous missions of the 2nd WW.

I more likely wouldn't be sitting here talking to you."

Using color reenactments and rare archive film,

《Battle Stations》 takes to the skies in the legendry B-17 Flying Fortress.

with the conclusion of 'The War to End All Wars',

recognized the warfare would never be the same.

Military thinking moved away from the stalemate of trench warfare,

and focused on the use of the new wonder weapons --- aircraft.

bombers would prove decisive in any future conflict.

The bomber was believed would always get through.

to modernizing America's obsolescent Air Corps.

to replace the fabric and wood aircraft of the last war.

issued a circular proposal that called for a bomber

with a maximum speed of 250 miles per hour.

The victor would win a production run up to 120 aircraft.

the Boeing Aircraft Company left to the challenge.

Boeing under the visionary leadership of Edward C. Wells

committed most of its capital and manpower

Boeing began building a radical, all metal, 4-engine aircraft.

beautiful lines and was a long wing airplane

and Boeing had always been noted for making beautiful airplanes."

Boeing's new plane would be fitted with an array of machine guns

one that far exceeded the requirements of the proposal.

just 11 months after the competition had started,

rolled out of the company's factory in Seattle

becoming America's first all metal, 4 engine bomber.

is prepared for its 1st flight at Seattle.

With all her machine gun turrets, it weighs 15 tons,

and is reported to have cost nearly half a million."

and the number of gun emplacements on the aircraft,

and I said, "Dad you could put your finger to the side of the airplane,

"It was just an aluminum box flying in the skylight

and all it was with some guns sticking out of it

"With all the hardware and all the guns it had on it,

But the all important contract was still to be won.

were also evaluated by the Army Air Corps,

the Boeing prototype bomber stalled after take-off

"Between the aircraft company it had invested

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