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=The B **-17 Flying Fortress** =
 * //Matt Aguilar and Gabriel Jimenez//

The B-17 Flying Fortress is a four engine heavy bomber developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). It was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF). The B-17 dropped more bombs than any other plane in World War II, of the 1.5 million tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany by the U.S. aircraft, 640, 000 were dropped from B-17s. Length of the plane is 74 ft 4 inches with a wing span of 103 ft 9 inches. Their are 10 crew members on board the plane, a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer-top turret gunner, radio operator, 2 waist gunners, ball turret gunner, and tail gunner.

=Matt's Perspective:= I really enjoyed my time at the Palm Springs Air Museum. I got to see a lot of great planes such as the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Bomber, and the P-40 Hawk. I learned a lot about planes and the war. My group also had the best docent he was funny and knew a lot about the planes, he also answered are questions very well.

**Gabriel's Perspective:** I really enjoyed my time at the Palm Springs Air Museum. I got the chance to talk to all of these veterans that where in different was, they were cool, very funny, and had a lot of knowledge. I also liked the opportunity I had working with the camera, It was really fun and I enjoyed it very much.