Setting the Record Straight: B-17 Modification Centers
The following is an edited version of Kevin "K5" Michels' article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing's B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat crews in as fast a time as possible. It focuses in particular on the inclusion of the so-called 'Cheyenne tail' into the aircraft's design. The article was originally produced for the Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing's newsletter, Cowl Flaps,...
Source: warbirdsnews.com