Flying Fortress

English

Proper noun

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.

Translations

• Note: Most, if not all, of these translations are calques of the original English nickname.

B-17 bomber

• Arabic: القلعة الطائرة
• Czech: Létající Pevnost
• Danish: Flyvende Fæstning
• Dutch: Vliegend Fort
• Finnish: Lentävä Linnoitus
• German: Fliegende Festung
• Icelandic: Fljúgandi Virki
• Italian: Fortezza Volante
• Japanese: フライングフォートレス (furaingufōtoresu), 空の要塞 (sora no yōsai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Flygende Festning

• Polish: Latająca Forteca
• Portuguese: Fortaleza Voadora
• Romanian: Fortăreața Zburătoare
• Russian: Лета́ющая Кре́пость f inan (Letájuščaja Krépostʹ)
• Spanish: Fortaleza Volante
• Swedish: Flygande Fästningen
• Vietnamese: Pháo đài bay (this term is also used to refer to the Boeing B-52 bomber)

See also

• superfortress

Further reading

• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia