The B-17 Flying Fortress was created amidst the rising need for strategic bombers that were fast, operational at high ...

"The Cold Blue" chronicles the heroism of those B-17 bomber crews of WWII who took to the ... places the audience inside of a B-17 flying fortress during one of the deadliest moments of World ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical ... but from radio communication between the crew and tower, it’s understood the B-17 was having ...

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 First B-17 raid occurred in Europe in 1942, when 12 Flying Fortress airframes attacked railroad yards in France. As the ...

Emergency crews respond to a WWII B-17 bomber crash ... 29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol, Conn. A B-17 vintage World War ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress - known as Little Davey II - ditched ... Harbour master, George Collins, 89, who remembers the crash, said the crew "sacrificed themselves for us". The 10-strong crew ...

His crew was part of the 93rd Bomb Group of ... A bomber ball turret gunner, Lawrence trained in the B-17 Flying Fortress with the 463rd Bombardment Group, part of the newly formed 15th Air ...

Luckily, no cracks were found during the inspection and it was confirmed that the B-17, also known by the nickname Flying Fortress ... After test flying and crew training on Friday, Sally B ...

Seven lives were lost in the accident, including that of Pilot Ernest “Mac” McCauley, who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National ...