During World War 2, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress became the public face of America’s bombing campaign, but another heavy ...
SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
August 28, 1943 - Eight B-17F “Flying Fortresses” Bombers were returning to the Army Airfield Base in Harvard on Aug. 28, 1943 when three collided. One of the bombers crash landed and two were ...
The Experimental Aircraft Association will have one of the few existing B-17 bombers on display this weekend at Arlington Municipal Airport. Amanda Rogers arogers@mansfieldnewsmirror.com Four ...
This video tells the true World War II story of a B 17 bomber that should not have survived. During a dangerous WW II deep ...
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the 1944 B-17 bomber airplane crash at Bradley International Airport on October 2, 2019. The ...
For some families, the end of World War II brought long-awaited reunions with returning soldiers. For others, it marked the traumatic realization that their loved ones were among the many still lost ...
Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...