My father-in-law was the pilot of the lead bomber of that fateful flight of more than 3,000 planes.

Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps recognized the need for a new bomber able to ...

Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old ...

Notable B-17 Bomber Facts One point that isn't noted in the Apple+ series is that the aircraft was seen as quite a risk for ...

The crew of the "Rikki Tikki Tavi". The only two survivors were tail gunner Eugene P. Moran (top row, first from left) and ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by the ... who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th Manage and take control of the 10-man crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as they attempt to complete 25 harrowing ...

The bomber most famously used in World War Two was prevented from flying after a safety issue was discovered with a wing. Based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, the B-17, named Sally B, bought as a ...

Discover the legendary aircraft that defined military aviation at the Barksdale Global Power Museum Air Park - where history ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago.

Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...