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Th e Belgian watch designer Ronald Steff en was born in Zug, near the heart of the Swiss watch industry. He studied photography and graphic

design at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium.

He is also the founder of the exclusive Swiss made brand STEFFEN (WWW.STEFFEN.BE). Passionate about aviation and specifi cally military aircraft , he designed the unique RSC (Ronald Steff en

Creations) collection, with the aura of these nostalgic times.

Th e result is this unique watch collection, designed with an eye for detail. The back of the watches are engraved with a beautiful etching

of the airplane and presented in an original RSC watchbox.

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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 were

the United States’ two standard heavy bombers until the arrival of

the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in 1944. The B-17 served in almost

every theater of World War II, but it used mostly by the US Eighth

Air Force, based in the UK, to bombard German targets. The first

missions were in daylight hours to improve accuracy, but this

strategy plus a lack of adequate fighter coverage, resulted in very

heavy losses of aircraft and crew. Its first bombing mission was

with the RAF as Fortress Is, but it was hardly ready for war. As

refinements progressed, along with better pilot training and tactics,

it became a formidable weapon in the Allied war against Germany.

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Manufacturer: Boeing

Introduction: 1935

Number built military: 6.981

Crew: 10

Length: 74 ft 1.5 in (22,5 m)

Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31,6 m)

Height: 19 ft 2.4 in (5,9 m)

Empty weight: 33.279 lb (15.095 kg)

Loaded weight: 40,260 lb (18.261 kg)

Maximum speed: 318 mph (511 km/h)

Range: 2000 mi (3.219 km)

Service ceilling: 30,000 ft (9,144 m)

Arn-mament: 11 machine guns,

17.600 pound bomb load

Powerplant: 4 Wright R-1820-65 Cyclones

LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION C-69 (1943-1945)

The Lockheed C-69 Constellation was a four-engined, propeller-

driven transport pressed into military service during World War

Two. It was the first military version of the Lockheed Constellation

aircraft line. It first flew in 1943, and production of the 22 con-

structed was shared between the United States Army Air Forces

(15) and commercial carriers. Most of the C-69 aircraft built were

later converted into civilian airliners under the new designation.