Editing Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (section)

== Surviving aircraft and wrecks ==
{{further|List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses}}Of the more than 12,000 B-17 made, four were known to be in flying as of January 2025.<ref name="Aerovintage" /> There are about 40 B-17 in collections in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web |title=B-17G Flying Fortress – Air Mobility Command Museum |url=https://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/b-17g-flying-fortress/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> and overall about 46 globally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-19 |title=Surviving B-17s - Aero Vintage Books |url=https://www.aerovintage.com/b-17-locator-complete-aircraft/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>

There are also nearly complete or partially complete B-17 wrecks that have been discovered: an example of this is a B-17F that ditched in the Pacific on 11 July 1943, but was located in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Complete Guide to the B-17F Black Jack WWII Wreck |url=http://www.indopacificimages.com/index.php/papua-new-guinea-2/b-17f-black-jack/ |access-date=2017-08-03 |work=Indo-Pacific Images |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{anchor|The Fortress as a symbol}}