JETs Vol. 26-05: B-17E Flying Fortress

The B-17E marked a major evolutionary step in the B-17 lineage, entering service in 1941 with substantial combat-driven redesigns. Most notably, the B-17E introduced an entirely new tail section with a powered tail gun position to counter rear attacks, along with an enlarged vertical stabilizer, and improved defensive armament. Of the 12,731 B-17s built, only 512 were Es.

S/N 41-9210 was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1941 and was used by Honeywell to develop the C-1 Autopilot and later in 1945 acquired by the University of Minnesota. After changing hands several times and being traded away in exchange for a Cessna 170 in 1952, the aircraft ended up in Bolivia in 1974. From 1974 to the late 80s it served as a freighter for Fri Reyes Aviation as CP-753. It crashed once, was rebuilt, and after sitting derelict for years, rescued by Don Whittington/World Jet Inc in 1989. At that time, it was restored on site in Bolivia for its ferry flight home to Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where it underwent a full airworthy restoration. In 1998 41-9210 was acquired by the Paul Allen/Flying Heritage Collection.

JETs Vol. 26-05 has been cut from the original fuselage tail cone removed from B-17E 41-9210 during its restoration and is offered in 7 variants: Raw Laser-etched, Raw Printed, Green, Painted, Riveted, Structured, and Color Printed. 

The Green and Painted JETs feature original paint. The Structured JETs are thick, heavy, and  layered and feature rivets and multiple pieces of fuselage skin. The Color Printed JETs are full-color printed with the card art design by Ryan Quickfall and have been lightly buffed. The Green and Painted tags have portions of original paint and primer. 

A Super Tigre Set is available that includes a Color Printed JET + Structured JET + Air Drops AD401 Polished + Air Drops AD708. 

A B-17 Combo is available that includes a Color Printed JET + Structured JET.

While supplies last, a free B-17E Trap will be included with the purchase of any combination of 3 B-17E JETs or Air Drops OR $250 total purchase of any 2026 release. This could be any combination of items released in 2026 to total $250. We will be monitoring the release real-time and when we exhaust our supply of Traps a banner will be added to the top of the listing to let you know we’re sold out. If you don’t see the banner, the deal is still active.

400 total tags were cut for this release.