B-17

American  

[bee-sev-uhn-teen] / ˈbiˌsɛv ənˈtin /

noun

U.S. Military.

plural

B-17's

1. a heavy bomber with four radial piston engines, widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Air Force in World War II.

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Etymology

Origin of B-17

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Gomez, whose district covers downtown, said he was also visiting the facility to look into reports that immigrant families and children and U.S. citizens were being held in an previously unknown area dubbed “B-17.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said he was then shown B-17.

From Los Angeles Times

Anduril’s decision to come to Long Beach marks a new chapter in the city’s role as a defense industry bastion that once included a naval base and aerospace manufacturing, including the legendary B-17 bomber of World War II, and more recently the C-17 Globemaster III military transport, still widely in use.

From Los Angeles Times

Initially used by RAF Bomber Command, it was handed to US Army Air Force later that year and B-17 bomber crews trained there.

From BBC

“The journey they had to go through for the greater good, putting them in the most vulnerable atmosphere ever known to mankind,” he says, noting that the skin on the B-17 bomber was about as thick as a Coke can.

From Los Angeles Times