Your birth year
2006
B-17 Flying Fortress
1935Bomber
B-17 Flying Fortress is 71 years older than you
It's from 1935, before you were born.
- First flight
- 1935
- Type
- Heavy bomber
- Era
- World War II
About
As of 2026, it's 91 years old.
The B-17 first flew in 1935 and became central to the Allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe.
Its long-range bomber role shows how quickly aviation moved from fragile biplanes to industrial air power.
B-17 Flying Fortress through the years
1935
1935
First flight
The prototype B-17 flew for the first time.
1941
1941
Wartime production expanded
The bomber became a major U.S. aircraft program.
You were born — 2006
