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 B-17 Flying Fortress Was a Quantum Leap in Aviation Design: When the first Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” took its maiden flight on July 28, 1935 it proved to be a quantum leap over earlier United ...

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 ...

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...

In the spring of 1945, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that would become the “Yankee Lady” was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps just as World War II was coming to an end. The aircraft would never ...

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

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: To modern eyes, the hodgepodge floor and open rivets are daunting, but it was the modern technology of the 1930s and ’40s. A six to seven inch wooden plank and two ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...

Masters of the Air tells the story of the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group, also known as the Bloody Hundredth, which used its fleet of B-17 heavy bombers to cut a swathe of destruction from the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Redux The classic game remastered. Feel the power of flying a 10-men crew on a B-17 over occupied Europe in WWII. Plan ...

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 missions ...