In the daylight bombing campaign over Europe, B-17 crews depended on formation flying, overlapping machine-gun fire, and the ...
A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production. On ...
During World War II, the crew of a badly damaged B-17 Flying Fortress made a desperate decision to abandon their aircraft ...
Iconic World War II-era planes will be showcased in June at the MAPS Air Museum in Green. The Flying Legends of Victory Tour ...
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 ...
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the extraordinary B-17 Flying Fortress bomber played an enormous part in the Allied victory in World War II. The B-17 was the most prolific bomber in the U.S ...
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 ...
Andrea Humpert of Cheshire takes her father's dog tags for one more flight in a B-17 on Thursday in Eugene. Humpert won a flight in Aluminum Overcast, a WWII era B-17 bomber operated by the ...