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02920agm a2200361Ia 4500 001 E62A1538F61011E4B9B1D8C8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150509010100 007 vd cvaiz| 008 131220s2011 xxu061 vleng d 024 10 $a 881482332694 028 42 $a AWA 326 $b ArtsMagic 035 $a (OCoLC)865756715 040 $a JSY $c JSY $d LE# $d SILO 245 00 $a Classic US Combat Aircraft : The War Eagles of World War II. $p B-17 Flying Fortress $h [DVD videorecording] 246 3 $a Classic U.S. Combat Aircraft of WWII. $p B-17 Flying Fortress 246 30 $a B-17 Flying Fortress 250 $a Full screen 260 $a [S.l.] : $b ArtsMagic., $c 2011. 300 $a 1 videodisc (61 mins) : $b Dolby digital, col., b&w, sd. ; $c 4 3/4 in. 300 $a DVD 490 1 $a Classic U.S. combat airciraft of WWII 500 $a "The War-Winning Heavy Bomber of WWII" -- Container 505 0 $a Introduction -- Towards the B-17 -- Developing the Flying Fortress -- American enters the war -- The 8th AAF over Europe -- Night and daylight bombing -- Italy and the 15th AAF -- Invasion and the B-17G -- The Memphis Belle -- The B-17 over Europe -- The USSR and shuttle bombing -- The SB-17G and the Disney Swish -- Advance into Germany -- The end in Europe -- The Aphrodite Project. 520 $a The Classic U.S. combat aircraft of WWI programs tell the story, through a series of classic war planes, of the development of the combat aircraft of the Second World War. Each machine was produced to meet a specific requirement, usually to meet or beat the capabilities of an existing enemy or a potential aggressor. The B-17 Flying Fortress was designed from 1934 to meet a US Army Air Corps requirement for a multi-engined bomber to protect the American east and west coasts from attack from the sea. The prototype first flew in July 1935 and revealed altogether excellent capability as a long-range heavy bomber.The press dubbed the airplane as the 'Flying Fortress' for its many defensive machine guns, and Boeing trademarked the name. The B-17 was in action from the start of the American involvement in World War II, serving its country over the pacific. But it was in Europe that the Flying Fortress can to reign supreme from the late summer of 1942. Flown by the 8th and 15th Air Forces in daylight precision attacks on key targets in Germany's war-making industries and military installations, the Flying Fortress operated in great flying formations shielded from German fighters by flocks of escorting fighters, most importantly the North American. 521 $a Not rated. 538 $a DVD-5 ; NTSC ; Region 0 ; Full screen ; Dolby Digital surround sound. 710 2 $a Artsmagic, Ltd. 830 0 $a Classic U.S. combat aircraft of WWII 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20150509012831.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E62A1538F61011E4B9B1D8C8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search