[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going. No Lancaster or Liberator could have survived that.

[Windflier]

If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going. No Lancaster or Liberator could have survived that.

I heard that. The Boeing B-17 was renowned for its ability to take massive punishment, and still get the crew home in one piece (if not itself).

It's absolutely my favorite WWII warbird.

[Bringbackthedraft]

If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going. No Lancaster or Liberator could have survived that................................................ Boeing built British bombers too, a little known fact.

[jmacusa]

It has been my great honor and privilege to have known a few men who flew in the B-17, one as a ball-turret-gunner, one a navigator and another as a pilot. All served with the Eighth Air Force, "The Mighty Eighth''. All said the reason they were alive to tell me their stories over half a century later was because they flew ''in that plane'', as they said. I've always held that the Boeing B-17 was the most impressive, most beautiful looking airplanes ever designed. No other plane in my opinion was the epitome of righteous American might than ''The Flying Fortress''. I recently had the chance to see one in flight here in southern NJ that was touring the country. Seeing and hearing that plane in flight was beyond words.