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Edward Wells

1 aircraft·Boeing·1952

Edward Curtis Wells was Boeing's chief engineer during the company's most transformative era. He led the design of the B-17 Flying Fortress, the strategic bomber that became the backbone of the American daylight bombing campaign over Europe. Wells went on to oversee the B-29 Superfortress, the most technologically advanced aircraft of World War II and the bomber that ended the war.

1950sBoeing

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Aircraft by Edward Wells

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Boeing·Bomber

B-52 Stratofortress

1952