National World War II Museum War Birds Gallery Suspended B17 Bomber New Orleans USA // NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a squadron of fighter aircraft hang suspended from the ceiling inside the War Birds Gallery at the National WWII Museum. The B-17 was a four-engine heavy bomber crucial to the United States Army Air Forces' daylight strategic bombing campaigns, renowned for its extensive defensive machine-gun armament. Suspended alongside it is a North American P-51 Mustang featuring the distinctive "Red Tail" paint scheme, honoring the pioneering African American pi

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