The typical B-17 had a range of about 2,200 miles.
All throughout WWII.
B52 B1B B17 B24
perhaps you mean the 'flying fortress' a B17 bomber
Boeing B17
The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
It was the Flying Fortress, dubbed so by a Seattle journalist and later adopted as the official name.
Either by well aimed anti-aircraft fire, or by other aircraft weapons, fighter or bomber.
it was slow and it did not carry anof bombs it is med range bomer
Because the US needed a new strategic, long range bomber.
5,830 miles
The B52 Stratofortess. During the Vietnam War, one B52 could carry up to 108 750lb HE bombs. That was equal to about 10 World War 2 B17 bombers.
With internal fuel, the range of a B2 is about 7,000 miles.