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 ...

"The Cold Blue" chronicles the heroism of those B-17 bomber crews of WWII who took to the sky to face the horrors of enemy fighters and clouds of flak, day after day. By James Clark Posted on May ...

Bombers took on different roles during World War II, depending on size, but many were multi-role aircraft. True “heavies” ...

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 ...

The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...

Casey Bukowski, left, is joined by Mayor Nathan Montford during a presentation Saturday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Attica. Bukowski gave a vivid account of his experiences as a World War II ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...

The B-32 only flew some recon missions and engaged in some skirmishes in the closing days of WWII before being retired and ...

BEREA, Ohio – An original painting of a WWII B-17 Superfortress Bomber created by David Jakupca, a Berea resident, U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and environmental artist, has become a permanent ...

WWII B-24 pilot George Hawthorne,100, Sidney, holds onto a bar as he sits behind the pilot during a media flight on a B-25 Mitchell bomber, The Berlin Express, at Willard Airport in Savoy on ...

“Bombing Hitler’s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe.” by Mike Croissant, Citadel Press, 352 pages, $28. Readers of this space know the reviewer ...