The Flying Fortress could hold a crew of 10 and was warmed with 10 .50-caliber machine guns. The B-17 platform played an instrumental role during WWII. As detailed by the National World War II ...
After landing hard and skidding into the de-icing tanks at the Bradley International Airport, all but the tail and port wing of the 74 year old WWII aircraft ... experienced B-17 pilots in the ...
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...
This was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, with the BAE Systems info page going so ... over the Halifax (to ...
The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to ... Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII (Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model ...
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...
Gunners of the 306th Bomb Group sit atop ammunition for a B-17 Flying Fortress during World War Two Urgent repairs are needed to conserve and repair a military museum that was created to ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey will be on display July 25-27 at St. Cloud Regional Airport. Sentimental Journey is the most fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress, a vintage World War ...