On July 30, 1943, during a massive U.S. raid over Germany involving 186 B-17 Flying Fortresses and 123 P-47 Thunderbolts, the ...

What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during the Second World War. -Notably, the B-17 dropped ...

On December 20, 1943, pilot Charlie Brown struggled to keep his heavily damaged B-17 airborne after a mission over Germany.

Summary and Key Points: The new Apple+ series “Masters of the Air” showcases the WWII aviators of the 100th Bomb Group and their iconic Boeing B-17 bombers. -Developed in the 1930s, the B-17 played a ...

The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...

Today’s column is the second of two on the deadly crash of a B-17G “American Maid” bomber in Nazi Germany and the memorial celebration held nearly 80 years later with the crew’s families and ...

SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — or its computer-generated likeness — received plenty of screen time in the Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air.” Inspiring the World War II series was the tumultuous ...

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 ...