The Boeing B-17 The Pink Lady ... The Pink Lady regained the 511th Squadron markings it once carried during WWII. Although aircraft leaving the factory in 1945 were no longer painted, the decision ...
We were young, gullible and innocent,” is how B-17 pilot Major John “Lucky” Luckadoo described himself and his World War II comrades during his remarks Jan. 16 at the Conversations With… program at ...
An original painting of a WWII B-17 Superfortress Bomber created by David Jakupca, a Berea resident, U.S. Army Vietnam War ...
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
They made the same trip four years ago, when they booked a trip on the B-17. The biggest difference between the two bombers they found was the size. “The 25 is smaller – at my age it’s harde ...
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...
Bill Patten was an everyman of the Greatest Generation. When World War II broke out, he answered President Franklyn Roosevelt’s call to service.
Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such, the Luftwaffe’s bombers didn’t ...
Strategic jet bombers are used to deliver nuclear and conventional ordnance to all parts of the world. These are the ones ...
Not all military aircraft are designed for combat or reconnaissance. There are plenty created to transport whatever needs ...
More than 80 years after his plane crashed over Germany during WWII, Providence native Staff Sgt. Earle L. Dorr Jr.'s ...
The site of Alconbury Weald, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was once a key military hub during World War II and the Cold ...