Scinfaxi:na: added template, historical info and images

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Generally considered the definitive B-17 design, all changes made in the B-17F production run were incorporated into the final version. These included a Bendix remotely operated chin turret, an innovation derived from the unsuccessful YB-40 escort version, bringing defensive armament to 13 .50 caliber (half-inch or 12.7 mm) machine guns, with the starboard "cheek" machine gun mount moved one "window station" rearwards – and the portside mount placed forward, just behind the bombardier's Plexiglas nose edge, as a result of the needed stowage space for the chin turret's starboard interior-mounted, upward-pivoting control yoke when not in use. For late production blocks of the G-series, a revised tail gun position (referred to as the "Cheyenne" configuration after the modification center where it was introduced) was devised, in which the guns were mounted in a new turret with reflector sight and much greater field of fire. Some 8,680 were built, and dozens were converted for several different uses:<br />
* CB-17G. Troop transport version, capable of carrying 64 troops. (44-6975 ; 44-83373)
* DB-17G. Drone variant.
* JB-17G. Engine test-bed. (44-85813 ; 44-85734)
* MB-17G. Missile launcher
* QB-17L. Target drone.
* QB-17N. Target drone.
* RB-17G. Reconnaissance variant.
* SB-17G. Rescue version, later redesignated B-17H. Featured A-1 lifeboat under fuselage. After World War II, armament on the B-17Hs was removed; it was reinstated when the Korean War began.
* TB-17G. Special duty training version.
* VB-17G. VIP transport.
* PB-1. This designation was given to one B-17F and one B-17G. They were used by the U.S. Navy for various test projects.
* PB-1G. This designation was given to 17 B-17Gs used by U.S. Coast Guard as air-sea rescue aircraft.
* PB-1W. This designation was given to 31 B-17Gs used by the U.S. Navy as the first airborne early warning aircraft/ AWACS.<br />
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Serials : 42-31032/31131 ; 42-31132/31231 ; 42-31232/31331 ; 42-31332/31431 ; 42-31432/31631 ; 42-31632/31731 ; 42-31732/31931 ; 42-31932/32116 ; 42-37716 ; 42-37721/37803 ; 42-37804/37893 ; 42-37894/37988 ; 42-37989/38083 ; 42-38084/38213 ; 42-39758/39857 ; 42-39858/39957 ; 42-39958/40057 ; 42-97058/97172 ; 42-97173/97407 ; 42-97436/97535 ; 42-97536/97635 ; 42-97636/97735 ; 42-97736/97835 ; 42-97836/97935 ; 42-97936/98035 ; 42-102379/102543 ; 42-102544/102743 ; 42-102744/102978 ; 42-106984/107233 ; 43-37509/37673 ; 43-37674/37873 ; 43-37874/38073 ; 43-38074/38273 ; 43-38274/38473 ; 43-38474/38673 ; 43-38674/38873 ; 43-38874/39073 ; 43-39074/39273 ; 43-39274/39508 ; 44-6001/6125 ; 44-6126/6250 ; 44-6251/6500 ; 44-6501/6625 ; 44-6626/6750 ; 44-6751/6875 ; 44-6876/7000 ; 44-8001/8100 ; 44-8101/8200 ; 44-8201/8300 ; 44-8301/8400 ; 44-8401/8500 ; 44-8501/8600 ; 44-8601/8700 ; 44-8701/8800 ; 44-8801/8900 ; 44-8901/9000 ; 44-83236/83360 ; 44-83361/83485 ; 44-83486/83585 ; 44-83586/83685 ; 44-83686/83863 ; 44-83864/83885 ; 44-85492/85591 ; 44-85592/85691 ; 44-85692/85791 ; 44-85792/85841
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File:B-17 on bomb run.jpg{{!}}Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.
File:JB-17G Engine Test Bed.jpg{{!}}The most unusual conversion of the B-17G was the JB-17G converted to an engine test bed. The nose section was removed and replaced with a strengthened mount for a fifth engine.
File:B-17dorsalview.jpg{{!}}Top view of a B-17G in flight
File:B17 - Chino Airshow 2014 (framed).jpg{{!}}A B-17G performing at the 2014 Chino Airshow
File:B-17 at Mighty 8th Air Force Museum, Pooler, GA, US.jpg{{!}}Nose of a B-17G being restored at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum
File:B-17G Nose in Detail.jpg{{!}}B-17G nose detail
File:B-17G formation on bomb run.jpg{{!}}B-17G of the 384th Bomb Group on the bomb run
File:B-17 Damage Cologne.jpg{{!}}B-17G 43-38172 of the 8th AF 398th BG 601st BS which was damaged on a bombing mission over Cologne, Germany, on 15 October 1944; the bombardier was killed.
File:Boeing B-17G.png{{!}}3-view projection of a B-17G, with inset detail showing the "Cheyenne tail" and some major differences with other B-17 variants
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Scinfaxi:na: added template, historical info and images