Some bombers like the B-17 had eating in the cockpit, but that didn't help the rest of the plane. Flight crews and pilots ...

The Willow Run bomber plant helped the US win World War II and was the birthplace of the Chevrolet Corvair and Nova. Can it ...

Lieutenant George F. Wilson Jr was flying in a B-17G "Flying Fortress" bomber when a hail of antiaircraft fire struck the ...

The remains of a Bountiful pilot who died during World War II have been identified nearly 80 years after his plane was shot down over France, military officials ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress symbolized American air power in WWII—but flying it over Europe was anything but glorious. Facing flak bursts, enemy fighters, and freezing conditions, USAAF crews ...

Dark Skies Bomber #666 – The B-17 Fortress with 16 .50-Cal Machine Guns! Posted: March 3, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025 A flying fortress unlike any other! Bomber #666 was a heavily ...

A nearly complete B-17F Flying Fortress bomber at the Boeing's production line ... arguably the birthplace of the B-17 Flying Fortress, predates the entry of the U.S. into World War II by several ...

Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps recognized the need for a new bomber able to reinforce the service’s fleets in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. This ...

In 1944, workers at the nuclear reservation each chipped in to buy a Flying Fortress bomber and donated it to the U.S. Army Air Corps for missions over Europe. The B-17G, dubbed “Day’s Pay ...

When the first Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” took its maiden flight on July 28, 1935 it proved to be a quantum leap over earlier United States Army Air Corp (USAAC) bombers then in service.