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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
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 ...
History: The Impact Of US B-17 Flying Fortresses In The WWII European Air War
Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...
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How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute
Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...
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Saying Farewell To Another B-17 And Its Crew
The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to ... Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII (Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model ...
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Nine killed in WW2 bomber crash remembered
An American Air Force B-17G flying fortress bomber crashed during bad weather in Reigate while returning from a mission over Germany on 19 March 1945. On Wednesday, a service took place at the ...