SWEDISH FORTRESSES: The Boeing F-17 Fortress in Civil and Military Service (White Series) - Softcover

Forsgren, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8389450879 ISBN 13: 9788389450876

Publisher: MMPBooks, 2011

Synopsis

Many USAAF aircraft landed in neutral Sweden during World War II. The Swedish authorities arranged to buy many of these from the US, to supplement their limited and aging aircraft stocks. The B-17 Flying Fortress was selected for conversion to an airliner, and Saab undertook the work. This book tells, for the first time in English, the story of these aircraft and their subsequent careers, in Sweden, Denmark and France. No other B-17s were ever used as airliners, so this is a unique addition to the well-known history of the Fortress.

Illustrated with many photos, both contemporary and of surviving airframes, and with color profiles of the color schemes carried by these aircraft. Detailed plans of the modified airframes are included.

About this title

About the Author

Jan Forsgren has an MA in History and is the author of five books including two in English. He has written hundreds of aviation-related articles for various aviation magazines, including 'Aeroplane', 'The Aviation Historian' and 'FlyPast'. He has also written articles on the Air Forces in Southeast Asia that are available on www.aeroflight.co.uk. For Fonthill he has written ‘Sink the Beast: the 1944 RAF Lancaster Raids’, a work on the demise of the battleship Tirpitz.

Review

“...combines well written narrative...with period photographs.” (Model Airplane international)

Edition details

• Publisher: MMPBooks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 8389450879
• ISBN 13: 9788389450876
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160