What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against ... gust-lock remained engaged during landing. As a result of this incident, Boeing ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by the Collings Foundation, crashed with thirteen people on board. After landing ... B-17 pilots in the world.

However, after 40 flight hours, the sole prototype crashed after its elevator gust-lock was still engaged during landing ... While the B-17 may be the most famous bomber of the Second World ...

The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley ... around and needed to make an emergency landing. Video taken by bystanders on the ground ...

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 ...