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| Title | Boeing bomber B-17 in flight with Mount Rainier in the background, 1941 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | The Army Air Corps ordered the first 13 B-17s in early 1936. The bomber took its maiden flight just 12 months later on December 2, 1936. At the peak of its production in 1944, the Seattle Boeing plant would complete 16 B-17s every 24 hours. The B-17 was known for its power, agility, and durability. |
| Notes | The B-17 Bomber was also known as the Boeing B-17 and the Flying Fortress br
Caption information source: Year By Year: 75 Years of Boeing History, 1916-1991; published Nov 1991.
Handwritten on sleeve: Note: All portions of plane from which pictures were taken are censored.
Number on plane: AM528
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 20, 1941 |
| Subjects | Airplanes—Washington (State) ; B-17 bomber; Boeing Airplane Company ; Bombers—Washington (State) |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Mount Rainier |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.159.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
