BarnBuster
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IKR? There are still some 40 B-17's extant with maybe 10 or so still airworthy. Isn't that amazing?They don’t make beauties like that anymore.
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List of surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Developed by Boeing, a total of 12,731 aircraft had been produced by Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed from 1936 until 1945. A vast majority...
Much rarer are the B-29's with only 26 known surviving and I belive only 2 (Doc and FiFi) with an airworthiness certificate. Imagine having that type rating designation on your license!
B-24 Liberator, 13 survive today, two of which are airworthy. Eight of the thirteen aircraft reside in the United States.
B-25 Mitchells, about 100 survive most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.
The Martin B-26 Marauder is probably the rarest, only a few survive and none that I know of are airworthy.