The Flying Fortress could hold a crew of 10 and was warmed with 10 .50-caliber machine guns. The B-17 platform played an instrumental role during WWII. As detailed by the National World War II ...
Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...
Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second ... read the book Flying Forts: The B-17 in World War II by the ...
The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) brought together a small group composed of hospital and health system leaders, device ...
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen bomber pilot who gave everything ... David Kingsley’s B-17 was about to crash. The aircraft had been riddled ...
During wartime, women entered the workforce, with many recruited to assemble airplanes for the war. Palacioz was one of them.
Two lawsuits were filed Tuesday against the Collings Foundation over the fatal crash of its World War II B-17G bomber at Bradley International Airport Oct. 2. Seven people died in the fiery crash ...
On display through 5 p.m. today are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 ... s a pilot and his father was a paratrooper in World War II, so he makes a point of visiting the tour ...
The B-24 featured a shoulder-mounted high aspect ratio Davis wing. Used on several bomber models during World War II, the Davis wing offered a lower drag coefficient than other contemporary ...
The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley International Airport last fall told federal investigators he believes the pilot “froze” in ...