The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American aviation during World War II. It holds a storied history as a legendary bomber, revered for its robust design and strategic role in ...

What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during the Second World War. -Notably, the B-17 dropped ...

The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to time one will crash. Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after ...

This story is a selection from the August issue of Air & Space magazine The only thing stranger than the sight of a Boeing B-17G parked above a Milwaukie, Oregon gas station is the story of how it ...

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 ...

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 ...