Type Crew 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer/top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2).
ball turret gunner, tail gunner. Heavy bomber
Engine 4  Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone"  with 3-bladed Hamilton-Standard constant-speed propeller
Dimensions Length 22,66 m , height  5,82 m,  span  31,62 m, wing area  131,92 m2 , airfoil: NACA 0018/ NACA 0010, aspect ratio 7,57
Weights Empty 16391 kg, loaded  24500 kg, max. take off weight 29700 kg 
Performance Max.. speed 462 km/h , cruising speed  293 km/h, range 3219 km, endurance  , service ceiling 10850 m  , climb 4,6 m/sec.
Armament Guns: 13 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns in 9 positions (2 in the Bendix chin turret. 2 on nose cheeks, 2 staggered waist guns. 2 in upper Sperry turret. 2 in Sperry Dali turret in belly. 2 in the tail and one firing upwards from radio compartment behind bomb bay)
Bombs:
• Short range missions: internal load only (<400 mi): 8.000 lb (3.600 kg)
• Long range missions: Internal load only (-800 mi): 4.500 lb (2.000 kg)
• Max Internal and External load: 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)
Type Werk.Nr Registration History
F-27-BO 41-24585 A3+AE, DL+XC KG 200
F-5-VE 42-5714 DR+PE KG 200
SJ+KY, A3+CE
42-5714 DR+PB
During World War II approximately 40 B-17s were captured and refurbished by Germany after crash-landing or being forced down, with about a dozen put back into the air. Given German Balkenkreuz national markings on their wings and fuselage sides, and swastika tail fin–flashes, the captured B-17s were used to determine the B-17's vulnerabilities and to train German interceptor pilots in attack tactics. Others, with the cover designations Dornier Do 200 and Do 288, were used as long-range transports by the Kampfgeschwader 200 special duties unit, carrying out agent drops and supplying secret airstrips in the Middle East and North Africa. They were chosen specifically for these missions as being more suitable for this role than other available German aircraft; they never attempted to deceive the Allies and always wore full Luftwaffe markings.One B-17 of KG200, bearing the Luftwaffe's KG 200 Geschwaderkennung (combat wing code) markings A3+FB, was interned by Spain when it landed at Valencia airfield, 27 June 1944, remaining there for the rest of the war. It has been alleged that some B-17s kept their Allied markings and were used by the Luftwaffe in attempts to infiltrate B-17 bombing formations and report on their positions and altitudes. According to these allegations, the practice was initially successful, but Army Air Force combat aircrews quickly developed and established standard procedures to first warn off, and then fire upon any "stranger" trying to join a group's formation