Mortally wounded and lying in a pool of his own blood, 2nd Lt. Robert Femoyer navigated his B-17 home for two and a half ...
What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during the Second World War. -Notably, the B-17 dropped ...
More than 80 years after he flew over occupied France in World War II, a 100-year-old American veteran received the highest ...
For aviation enthusiasts, the wait is almost over. The Flying Legends of Victory Tour will be making a stop Thursday, April ...
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 ...
OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- A piece of World War II history is now on display in Oshkosh. Measuring over 74 feet long and weighing more than 36,000 pounds, the B-17Aluminum Overcast is the newest addition to ...
SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
The B-17 and B-24 bombers defined American strategic bombing, but their design differences created very different combat ...
SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...
BELLEVILLE, MI - The Michigan Flight Museum has sold its World War II-era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress known as the “Yankee Lady,” one of the last remaining airworthy versions of the aircraft in ...