Cost of a B-17

Last revised July 31, 1999





As a postscript to the B-17 story (and in response to various queries), here is some cost information on the B-17 Fortress. According to Peter Bowers's *Boeing Aircraft Since 1916" the cost of a B-17G when built in mass-produced quantities in 1943-44 was: 

	Airframe 			$127,069 
	Engines 		 	 $38,483 
	Propellers 		 	 $11,900 
	Electronics 	  	  $9,040 
	Ordnance 		  	  $6,342 
	Miscellaneous equipment  $45,495 
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	Total: 			$238,329

Sounds like small potatoes today!

Source:

  1. Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute Press, 1989.