The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.
The B-17 is more than just an airplane. It is a monument to a time in history where freedom itself hung in the balance.
My father-in-law was the pilot of the lead bomber of that fateful flight of more than 3,000 planes.
Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old ...
The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.
The University of Guam Tritons and Fair Zesh on Sunday night were eliminated from Triton Men’s Basketball League playoffs, with losses to the MicroFriends and KFC Bombers. In the opener at the ...
As Ward closed within 500 yards, she commenced firing with her 4-inch main guns and scored a direct hit on the midget sub, ...
Boeing’s Plant No. 2 in Seattle, arguably the birthplace of the B-17 Flying Fortress, predates the entry of the U.S. into World War II by ... Fortress) bombers. [Credit: United States Office ...
BASTOGNE, Belgium (AP) — Eighty years later, World War II veteran David Marshall ... vet was part of commemorations on Friday as the United States, its European allies and a dwindling number ...
A Dutch foundation believes it has discovered the wreckage of a lost World War II bomber, and it is hoping to connect ... eventually determined the wreckage belonged to B-24D Liberator 42-63969 – the ...