A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production. On ...

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 ...

On the early morning of November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed in the outskirts of Cortonburg, ...

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 ...

Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress first chronicled the journey of the historic aircraft in 1944. The 45-minute-long documentary is the work of legendary Hollywood director William Wyler. Per ...

Yankee Lady, the Boeing B-17G often referred to as the star of the Michigan Flight Museum, is going to a new home. Since the 1980s, the grand lady of the air has been a centerpiece of the museum that ...

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 ...