B-17 Flying Fortress - Sweat Shirt Size:XL The Halifax first flew in

The Halifax first flew in 1939 and entered service with the RAF in 1940 as a heavy bomber in the role of strategic bombing missions

Operated by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps

Most famous were the Flying Tigers

Philippine and Iraqi Air Forces

Mitchell to compete for the Schneider Trophy in 1927

B-17 Flying Fortress - Sweat Shirt Size:XL The Halifax first flew inBoeing B 17 Flying Fortress This heavy bomber entered service with the United States Army Air Force in 1938 . The USAAF used the B 17 for daylight bombing over Germany and also in the Pacific against Japanese targets. There are still a small number of these legendary aircraft flying today.