A B-24 bomber sent on a mission in 1943, it vanished and wasn’t found until 15 years later. In this video, we explore the events surrounding its vanishing and the mystery that followed.
The wings were "exceptionally long and unusually narrow, with a high-aspect ratio that provided extraordinary lift," A.J. Baime writes in "The Arsenal of Democracy." The wing "was mounted shoulder ...
As the US military was looking to expand production of Boeing's B-17 bomber in the late 1930s, Washington asked Consolidated Aircraft to start producing the plane. But after a visit to Boeing's ...