“At the peak of production in 1944, 16 B-17G Flying Fortresses were completed during each one-day 20-hour work shift.”
Of Wings & Things
B-25 Mitchell played key role in Allied victory
North American built 9,800 B-25s between 1940 and 1945.
British SE-5 earned its place in the fighter pantheon
England produced one of the finest fighters of World War I, the S.E. 5A.
Stretch time for the Liberator
An even more ambitious metamorphosis saw a standard B-24D repeatedly modified by Consolidated.
Parks Air College in the 1920s: Build it, fly it, teach it
Parks’ bag of tricks included having students build aircraft that were used in the college’s flight training program.
Commandos go civilian
Commandos hauled freight across the United States for decades after World War II.
Lockheed Constitution on the cusp of change
Just two Lockheed Constitutions were built.
Douglas C-1 heads the Air Force transport family tree
In the history of the Air Force, the old Douglas C-1 of the 1920s was cast as a supporting player.
The evolutionary Demon
The Demon’s primary mission: Destruction of enemy aircraft.