The B-17 Flying Fortress was one of the main offensive weapons used during WWII. Here's who designed and built it, and where ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress plane is one of the most iconic bombers of all time and ruled the skies in numbers during WWII for ...

For some families, the end of World War II brought long-awaited reunions with returning soldiers. For others, it marked the traumatic realization that their loved ones were among the many still lost ...

In November 1944, A B-17 Flying Fortress Returned From A Bombing Mission Over Europe In Terrible Condition. The Crew Believed The Aircraft Would Never Make It Home And Abandoned It Over Enemy ...

EUGENE — A strong jerk and a plume of smoke served as a signal that the engines on the World War II B-17G Aluminum Overcast bomber had started up. Inside, the machine gun turrets rumbled with the ...

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 ...

Of all the heavy bombers flown during World War II, the Boeing-built B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most well-known and beloved. It spent most of the conflict fighting against the Germans in the ...

Living near Lake Massabesic, Alex Saidel grew up hearing stories of the history lying somewhere below the surface. "I always heard there was either a World War II plane or parts here or something ...