But how much do you really know about the Flying Fortress? The B-17 originated as the Boeing Model 299 ... was divided into six main compartments: nose, cockpit, bomb bay, radio room, waist ...

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

It features the vast armadas of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during its missions over ... Two more machine guns were positioned in the nose for the bombardier and navigator to operate when ...

The restored Liberty Belle B-17, one of a fleet of four-engine heavy bombers constructed by Boeing Aircraft and dubbed the "Flying Fortress ... viewed from the glass nose -- where the bombardier ...

A game that allows you the chance to jump from station to station within a single B-17 has always been a dream ... Name your plane, pick your nose art and rename your crew after people you hate ...

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 ... which the B-17 Flying Fortress was equipped ...

[Credit: United States Office Of War Information, courtesy Library of Congress archives] Boeing’s Plant No. 2 in Seattle, arguably the birthplace of the B-17 Flying Fortress, predates the entry ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed ... Throughout its nine-years in production, Boeing produced 12,726 "Forts," and each one proved useful during WWII, making it ...

A Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided in midair with a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings Over Dallas air show on Saturday at Dallas Executive Airport. The four-engine B-17 was developed by Boeing in ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was coming out of a lengthy restoration process and was going back into service, Hecker said, and he wanted to be as close to it as possible. “I started out as a ...