Eight decades ago, a World War II B-17 bomber plunged into the depths of the Baltic Sea, taking with it a crew of Allied airmen and their mission details. Today, scientists are finally unearthing the ...

PORT ANGELES — Larry Owen kept the Flying Fortress flying during World War II. The B-17 heavy bomber was “something you could always depend on,” the 97-year-old Port Angeles man said. Like the ...

The mystery of a lost World War II B-17 bomber is edging closer to resolution, as a fresh clue from the seafloor reshapes ...

The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...

For some families, the end of World War II brought long-awaited reunions with returning soldiers. For others, it marked the traumatic realization that their loved ones were among the many still lost ...

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Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...

As Louise Malgren walked to her Feb. 5, 1943, evening shift at the Polson telephone office, she heard and saw a large plane circling Polson. When she entered the office, she learned that switchboard ...

Watch the B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bloody 100th Board Game trailer to see what to expect with this board game edition based on the legendary WWII flight simulator video game. In B-17 Flying Fortress: ...