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  Bomber Series--Boeing B-17 Fortress (28 of 27)   (return) or (back to facts)
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As a postscript to the B-17 story (and in response to various queries), here is some cost information on the B-17 Fortress.

According to Peter Bowers's "Boeing Aircraft Since 1916" the cost of a B-17G when built in mass-produced quantities in 1943-44 was:
  Airframe
$127,069
  Engines
$38,483
  Propellers
$11,900
  Electronics
$9,040
  Ordnance
$6,342
  Misc. equipment
$45,495
  Total:
$238,329

Sounds like small potatoes today!


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Last updated 01/25/98