History: The Impact Of US B-17 Flying Fortresses In The WWII European Air War
Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...
Hartford Courant4 年
Survivors, families of those killed in B-17…
Two lawsuits were filed Tuesday against the Collings Foundation over the fatal crash of its World War II B-17G bomber at Bradley International Airport Oct. 2. Seven people died in the fiery crash ...
来自MSN3 个月
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
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 ...
Hartford Courant4 年
Mechanic on board WWII-era B-17 that crashed at…
The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley International Airport last fall told federal investigators he believes the pilot “froze” in ...
PBS8 年
Bombers of World War II
Lockheed manufactured the first PV-1 Venturas in 1941 for use in England. By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber ...
Hackaday5 年
Saying Farewell To Another B-17 And Its Crew
The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to time one will crash. Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after ...