The WW II B 17 Flying fortress had 4 Prat and Whitney PW 1850 CID 7 cylender double row radial engies that produced 2,000 HP. each.
They were able to take the B17 to the highert altitude of any bomber of its time in excess for 20,000 feet. About 12,00 were built by Boeing. 60 remain is flying condition today with several hundred on display in the US. and GB. They were in service from 1934 till 1948
The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
It was the Flying Fortress, dubbed so by a Seattle journalist and later adopted as the official name.
WWII
Nothing. They were "Bomber type 52" and as such, weren't named after anything. They were just the 52nd version of that bomber to be designed and built.
18
All throughout WWII.
B52 B1B B17 B24
perhaps you mean the 'flying fortress' a B17 bomber
Boeing B17
The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
Current models have Pratt and Whitney TF -33 Turbofans
It was the Flying Fortress, dubbed so by a Seattle journalist and later adopted as the official name.
B-52
A Vickers Vimy IV bomber. It used two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines.
It has 8 engines, four on each side, two per boom.
A B-52 has 8 TF33-P-3 turbofan engines
Good aerodynamics and powerful engines.