The legendary B-17 bomber was so much more than just a means for dropping bombs on Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

Hiking to the site of the 1943 military plane crash on what is now known as Bomber Mountain in 2014, Sylvia Bruner was ...

Hiking to the site of the 1943 military plane crash on what is now known as Bomber Mountain in 2014, Sylvia Bruner was ...

The mission was carried out with a B-25C "Mitchell" bomber. McCook was the plane's pilot. Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner. There were three other men also aboard the plane.

"Because of the long legs, this plane ... "The B-29 at the time was the most advanced aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. It could fly above 30,000 feet. It was pressurized compared to a B-17.