While the B-17 is most remembered for its bombing missions over Germany as part of the Eighth Air Force, the Navy and Coast Guar…

Jul 20, 2024 | Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum


While the B-17 is most remembered for its bombing missions over Germany as part of the Eighth Air Force, the Navy and Coast Guard operated versions of the Flying Fortress as an air-sea rescue and airborne early warning platform, the latter mission accomplished by PB-1Ws like that pictured here. Note the radome in the underside of the fuselage.

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