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The Boeing B-17: The Bomber that Made Hitler Sweat
Notable B-17 Bomber Facts One point that isn't noted in the Apple+ series is that the aircraft was seen as quite a risk for Boeing when its development began. The company may be an aerospace giant ...
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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
-While the Flying Fortress was eventually replaced by its B-29 successor, the bomber remains one of the most revered of its kind to this day. Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the ...
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A new WWII documentary chronicles the heroism of B-17 bomber crews and the horrors they endured
"The Cold Blue" chronicles the heroism of those B-17 bomber crews of WWII who took to the sky to face the horrors of enemy fighters and clouds of flak, day after day. By James Clark Posted on May ...
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Survivors, families of those killed in B-17…
Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...
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The 10 Young Men Who Died Giving Wyoming's Bomber Mountain Its Name
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...
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The M2 .50 Caliber Made The B-17 A Flying Fortress
While the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted night-time bombing raids over Germany, the U.S. 8th Air Force bombed during the day, and the B-17 proved especially well-suited for the task—yet ...
Berea artist’s WWII-era painting gets permanent home in aviation museum
An original painting of a WWII B-17 Superfortress Bomber created by David Jakupca, a Berea resident, U.S. Army Vietnam War ...
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Saying Farewell To Another B-17 And Its Crew
The vintage bomber (civilian registration number N93012 ... The loss of yet another B-17 is also tough to swallow, as this leaves just ten airworthy B-17s. How long until we say farewell to ...
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Europe's last B-17 plane cleared to fly again from Duxford
The bomber most famously used in World War Two was prevented from flying after a safety issue was discovered with a wing. Based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire, the B-17, named Sally B, bought as a ...
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Seven dead in Connecticut vintage B-17 WWII bomber crash
American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber pilots honoured "They are one of the most popular and one of the most important airplanes that people want to see," says Mr Kinney, adding that aviation fans ...
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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th
The third installment in an iconic series of flight simulators originating from 1992. B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th tasks us with operating the titular bomber during World War II, taking out ...