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Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...
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 wooden floorboards were replaced seven times, before a young boy fell out of the B-17, prompting a lawsuit that shuttered the bomber in the late 1950s. By the time Art Lacey died in 2000 ...
The pit stop, also known as hot pit refueling, was conducted from February 20 to 27 at Misawa Air Base in Japan's northern Aomori prefecture during the Bomber Task Force 25-1 mission, involving B ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American aviation during World War II. It holds a storied history as ...
While the B-17 may be the most famous bomber of the Second World War, it wasn't the bomber that was produced in the largest ...