A B-17 tail gunner falls from the sky after his aircraft is destroyed—yet somehow, he might have lived. This video unpacks the extraordinary claim, examining war records and historical accounts to ...

Why don’t you throw me overboard? I’m just so much extra pounds. Throw me out too.” These were the words of Technical Sergeant Forrest Lee Vosler who had been injured in his plane the Jersey Bounce Jr ...

Gunners of the 306th Bomb Group sit atop ammunition for a B-17 Flying Fortress during World War Two ... the plane came down in nearby Bletsoe. Only the tail gunner, George Littlefield, survived.

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

He joined the Army Air Forces on April 22, 1943, and held one of the most dangerous jobs in the war: tail gunner on a ... fellow crew members flew a B-17 Flying Fortress out of England, on a ...

The USAF aircraft maintenance program continues to evolve as America strengthens it warfighting posture worldwide.

Twenty-four thousand feet above Germany’s Rhine River valley, the nine-man crew of the B-17G shivered as the winter deep-freeze pierced the bomber ... to help the tail gunner escape.

Martin Company's B-26 Marauder in response ... Don Tyler, tail gunner. During other missions, "Flak-Bait" gunners downed at least three German aircraft but only one was officially credited to the ...

They made the same trip four years ago, when they booked a trip on the B-17. The biggest difference between the two bombers they found ... climbing into the rear gunner seat.

There are just two airworthy Boeing B-29s left in the world, and this summer they will both be at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, ...