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 ...

On January 3rd, 1943, the B-17 "Sons of Fury" prepared for a routine mission over France. Among the crew was Technical ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

Back in the day, when MicroProse was the household name when it came to complex sim software on the Amiga and early PCs, a game called B-17 was hugely popular. Since it was made more famous by ...