The B-17 Flying Fortress was already a legend of World War II, but its story did not end in 1945. We followed how Israel ...

We spent days compiling data from 684 real B 17 combat missions. The results shatter the popular myth. In Part 2, we reveal the actual average bomb loads of the Flying Fortress throughout the war and ...

Why First Lieutenant Ewald Swanson's crew flew a B-17 by pulling bare control cables with their hands during WW2 —[...] ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you walk along a stretch of the Kent coast at just the right time, the sea will reveal the remnants of a remarkable ...