Puzzle Connecticut Yankee – B-17 Flying Fortress

Puzzle Connecticut Yankee – B-17 Flying Fortress

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- Illustration : Piotr Forkasiewicz

- Dimensions : 70 x 50 cm

Deployed on all the theaters of operations (Europe, Mediterranean and Pacific) this four-engine American heavy bomber is among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War and the post-war period.

Its predominant role in the destruction of major German and Japanese urban and industrial centers, also inspired the entertainment industry, which seized upon the unfailing commitment of the B-17 crews to stage them in big-budget films and series (Howard Hawks' Air Force, Menphis Bell and soon the mini-series Masters of the Air, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks).

B-17F-5-DL Flying Fortress "Connecticut Yankee" of 324BS/91BG in formation with the famous Memphis Belle and Delta Rebel 2 (of which Clark Gable was a crew member) during a clash with Luftwaffe fighters over Wilhelmshaven (Germany), March 22, 1943.