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B-17 Flying Legend.(Video Recording Review)
B-17 Flying Legend color & b/w. 211 min. Mark Feijo, Fortress Films, dist. by Janson Media, 88 Semmens Rd., Huntington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488; www.janson.com. 2003. ISBN 1-56839-138-2. $24.95. MILITARY HIST
Bombing was the only way to halt the Nazi war production when our troops were not yet on the ground in Europe in early World War II. The B-17 Flying Fortress brought daylight bombing to Hitler's Germany. One of the strongest planes ever built, it could sustain terrific damage yet still manage to fly home. There were 13,000 B-17s built during the war; 4700 were lost in combat. Sixty years later, only 13 still fly. This documentary …
