Step inside the iconic Avro Lancaster and Boeing B-17 and explore their legendary roles in World War II. From bomb load ...

Boeing's Plant No. 2 in Seattle served as the birthplace and primary production site for the B-17 Flying Fortress, producing thousands of aircraft before and during World War II. After the attack on ...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the extraordinary B-17 Flying Fortress bomber played an enormous part in the Allied victory in World War II. The B-17 was the most prolific bomber in the U.S ...

EUGENE — A strong jerk and a plume of smoke served as a signal that the engines on the World War II B-17G Aluminum Overcast bomber had started up. Inside, the machine gun turrets rumbled with the ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: To modern eyes, the hodgepodge floor and open rivets are daunting, but it was the modern technology of the 1930s and ’40s. A six to seven inch wooden plank and two ...

Fred Whipple has long been recognized as a major contributor to our understanding of space and spaceflight—with contributions ...

(Reuters) - A World War Two-era B-17 bomber trying to make an emergency landing at an airport near Hartford, Connecticut, crashed and burned on Wednesday, killing seven people on board and closing the ...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on a World War II-era bomber plane crashing outside of Bradley International Airport (all times local): 6:50 p.m. A Connecticut state official says seven people ...