"Flying Fortress" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Flying Fortress}} Flying Fortress
  1. (informal) The Boeing B-17, a United States WWII heavy bomber, based upon a reputation for toughness and reliability, as well as its relatively heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. Tags: informal Related terms: superfortress Translations (B-17 bomber): القلعة الطائرة (Arabic), Létající Pevnost (Czech), Flyvende Fæstning (Danish), Vliegend Fort (Dutch), Lentävä Linnoitus (Finnish), Fliegende Festung (German), Fljúgandi Virki (Icelandic), Fortezza Volante (Italian), フライングフォートレス (furaingufōtoresu) (Japanese), 空の要塞 (sora no yōsai) (Japanese), Flygende Festning (Norwegian Bokmål), Latająca Forteca (Polish), Fortaleza Voadora (Portuguese), Fortăreața Zburătoare (Romanian), Лета́ющая Кре́пость (Letájuščaja Krépostʹ) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian), Fortaleza Volante (Spanish), Flygande Fästningen (Swedish), Pháo đài bay (english: this term is also used to refer to the Boeing B-52 bomber) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Flying_Fortress-en-name-sRYevADD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Romanian links with redundant wikilinks

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