Our Sentimental Journey B-17 Model Airplane is Created for Collectors, Enthusiasts and Hobbyists

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted Sentimental Journey B-17 model airplane made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the Sentimental Journey B-17 airplane scale model's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The B-17 Model Plane Sentimental Journey's paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original B-17 Sentimental airplane. Like all other airplane models, the B-17 Sentimental Journey model plane comes complete with fuselage, wings and glass cockpit and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your B17 Sentimental scale model aircraft to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality B-17 Model Plane Sentimental Journey will surely mesmerize anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey History:

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or the so called "Sentimental Journey" is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC). The B-17 aircraft was manufactured by Boeing. It has eliminated its competitors and has met the Air Corps' expectations to compete against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 airplanes. The Air Corps was impressed with the B-17s' even though Boeing had lost the contract due to the prototype's crash. This became the reason for the U.S. Army Air Corps to order 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress was chosen as the first truly mass-produced large aircraft that participated in full-scale production. The aircraft has then evolved into various design upgrades which started from B-17A to G.

On March 13, 1945, the B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" was accepted by the U.S. Army Air Corps. The aircraft was produced too late to provide service for the European war. Therefore, it was assigned to the Pacific theater until the end of the war. The aircraft was removed from safety in Japan and was assigned to be a photo-mapping airplane in Clark Field, Manila. The aircraft has flown to all areas of the Pacific for almost three years during the development of the RB-17G.