On April 5, 1943, a formation of 79 B-17 Flying Fortresses launched a bombing raid targeting a German aircraft repair ...
On November 29th, 1943, a large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a mission to take out strategic targets in the industrial city of Bremen, Germany. Inside a B-17F from the 96th Bomb Group named ...
In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...
A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production. On ...
The appearance of the bombers in mass was the turning point in the aerial warfare of World War II. The era of sportsmanlike, ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military flew a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, a little ...