On October 14, 1943, hundreds of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crossed into German airspace during one of the most ...

On May 1, 1943, Staff Sergeant Maynard “Snuffy” Smith flew his first combat mission as a ball turret gunner aboard a B-17 ...

The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...

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, ...

August 28, 1943 - Eight B-17F “Flying Fortresses” Bombers were returning to the Army Airfield Base in Harvard on Aug. 28, 1943 when three collided. One of the bombers crash landed and two were ...

The Folio Society unveils a deluxe Masters of the Air with 60+ archival WWII photos, a B-17 Flying Fortress cutaway, and exclusive introductions by Tom Hanks. The new edition includes an exclusive ...

2nd Lt Robert E Femoyer, Medal of Honor recipient, WWII. (Air Force Photo) 2nd Lt. Robert E. Femoyer was bleeding out on the floor of his B-17's nose when the crew tried to give him morphine. He waved ...

Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...