James Raley was stuck. It was January 1944, and the tail section of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed “Skippy” where Raley was positioned as a tail gunner had been severed from the ...

However, after 40 flight hours, the sole prototype crashed after its elevator ... and in the extreme tail. While the B-17 may be the most famous bomber of the Second World War, it wasn't the ...

(CNN)-- A U.S. Air Force B ... bomber was contained. A military board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the incident, they said. The officials said initial reports said the plane ...

The military aircraft brought down power lines as it hit the ground, leaving hundreds of locals without electricity.