Missions flown: 6,945 of the 10,802 (64.29 percent) missions flown by the Eighth Air Force. The B-17 “Flying Fortress” earned a great deal of aviation fame with its durability and consistent ...

Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...

On Saturday, the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force hosted an event to document and preserve recordings of ...

What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress ... them during the war was the US Eighth Air Force based out of England.” Throughout the war, the Flying Fortress was primarily deployed in ...