Editing Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (section)

==Notable appearances in media==
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A [[Douglas Aircraft]] B-17 assembly line is featured in the 1944 drama ''[[An American Romance]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=An American Romance (1944) - Filming & production - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0036596/locations/?item=lc0022457}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=B-17 assembly line, 1944 | website=[[YouTube]] | date=2 October 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPW1L9jUGSw |language=en}}</ref> [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Hollywood]] featured the B-17 in its period films, such as director [[Howard Hawks]]' ''[[Air Force (film)|Air Force]]'' starring [[John Garfield]] and ''[[Twelve O'Clock High]]'' starring [[Gregory Peck]].<ref name="imdb1">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041996/ "Twelve O'Clock High (1949)"]. ''Internet Movie Database (IMDb)''. Retrieved: 16 January 2007.</ref> Both films were made with the full cooperation of the [[United States Army Air Forces]] and used USAAF aircraft and (for ''Twelve O'Clock High'') combat footage. In 1964, the latter film was made into a [[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|television show of the same name]] and ran for three years on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC TV]]. Footage from ''Twelve O' Clock High'' was also used, along with three restored B-17s, in the 1962 film ''[[The War Lover]]''. An early model YB-17 also appeared in the 1938 film ''[[Test Pilot (film)|Test Pilot]]'' with [[Clark Gable]] and [[Spencer Tracy]], and later with Clark Gable in ''[[Command Decision (film)|Command Decision]]'' in 1948, in ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'' in 1970, and in ''[[Memphis Belle (film)|Memphis Belle]]'' with [[Matthew Modine]], [[Eric Stoltz]], [[Billy Zane]], and [[Harry Connick Jr.]] in 1990. The most famous B-17, the ''[[Memphis Belle (B-17)|Memphis Belle]]'', toured the U. S. with her crew to reinforce national morale (and to sell [[war bond]]s). She was featured in a USAAF documentary, ''[[Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress]]''.<ref name="imdb2">[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036152/ "The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)"].''Internet Movie Database (IMDb)''. Retrieved: 16 January 2007.</ref>

The Flying Fortress has also been featured in artistic works expressing the physical and psychological stress of the combat conditions and the high casualty rates that crews suffered.<ref>Philo, Tom. [http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/8aflosses.shtml "Eighth Air force Combat Losses"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131044149/http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/8aflosses.shtml |date=31 January 2010 }} ''taphilo.com''. Retrieved: 19 May 2012.</ref><ref>Vargas, John. [http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-History-669/2010/9/WWII-Bomber-Flight-Crews.htm "Question How many bomber flight crews completed their 25 missions to go home?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203223503/http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-History-669/2010/9/WWII-Bomber-Flight-Crews.htm |date=3 February 2012 }} ''allexperts.com'', 9 November 2010.</ref> Works such as ''[[The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner]]'' by [[Randall Jarrell]] and ''[[Heavy Metal (film)|Heavy Metal]]''{{'}}s section "B-17" depict the nature of these missions. The [[Ball turret]] itself has inspired works like [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|The Mission]]''. Artists who served on the bomber units also created paintings and drawings depicting the combat conditions in World War II.<ref>McCormick, Ken. ''Images of War: The Artist's Vision of World War II''. London: Orion Press, 1990. {{ISBN|978-0-517-57065-4}}.</ref><ref>Mitgang, Herbert. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/03/books/books-of-the-times-how-both-sides-artists-saw-world-war-ii.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Books of The Times; How Both Sides' Artists Saw World War II" (review).] ''The New York Times'', 3 November 1990. Retrieved 19 May 2012.</ref> ''[[Masters of the Air]]'', a 2024 American [[Drama (film and television)#War drama|war drama]] television miniseries created by [[John Shiban]] and [[John Orloff]],<ref name="WGA">{{Cite web |title=Masters of the Air |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1246247/masters-of-the-air |access-date=November 6, 2023 |website=[[Writers Guild of America West]]}}</ref> based on the 2007 book ''Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany'' by [[Donald L. Miller]], follows the actions of the [[100th Air Refueling Wing|100th Bomb Group]], a B-17 unit in [[East Anglia|eastern England]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="SI">{{cite web |last1=Solly |first1=Meilan |title=Watch the Trailer for 'Masters of the Air,' Steven Spielberg's Long-Awaited Follow-Up to 'Band of Brothers' |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-the-trailer-for-masters-of-the-air-steven-spielbergs-long-awaited-follow-up-to-band-of-brothers-180982870/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=10 November 2023 |date=9 November 2023}}</ref>