Everything You Need To Know About The 'Flying Fortress' B-17 Bomber
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American aviation during World War II. It holds a storied history as ...
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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
Introducing the B-17 Flying Fortress: During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps recognized the need for a new bomber able to ...
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The M2 .50 Caliber Made The B-17 A Flying Fortress
It features the vast armadas of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during its missions over occupied Europe. Those bombers were able to strike deep into German-held territory, hitting individual ...
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Survivors, families of those killed in B-17…
The bomber, called Nine O Nine ... 29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol. The lawsuit contends the pilots also failed to “run ...
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B-17 bomber revives memories
Anderson’s uncle – as a 21-year-old Army Air Force captain – flew B-17 bombers similar to the Liberty ... It is one of only 14 B-17s still flying today. The Liberty Belle, with its ...
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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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Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by the ... who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National ...
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B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th ... by the real-life battles of The Bloody 100th Bomber group. Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage and ...
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Bombers of World War II
By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber capable of flying long distances ... North American B-25 Mitchell One of ...
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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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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 ...