Boeing Y1B-17 Published on May 11, 2012 in 12 May 1938Full resolution (1800 × 1190) Next → U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses fly alongside SS Rex, 620 n.m. east of Sandy Hook, 12 May 1938. (U.S. Air Force)Boeing Y1B-17 fly-by near the Italian liner “Rex,” about 800 miles east of New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo)