When a BF-109 Sliced Through a B-17. Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: April 23, 2025. The All American, high over the skies of Tunisia was practically split in two by a BF-109.

Mel Jenner had one of those World War II jobs that no one really tries out for. Waist gunner in a B-17 bomber was what you’d get if you didn’t draw the straw to be pilot or navigator.

To remedy the situation he enlisted Hughes and found one of a handful of still-operational B-17s. On a 90-minute flight from Vero Beach to Naples, Florida, in a B-17 owned by the Collings ...

In all, some 13,000 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were manufactured by Boeing in the 1930s and 1940s, serving a vital role in aerial bombing campaigns during the war.

News 8's Kent Pierce spent time back in late 2006 and 2007 learning about the history of the WWII B17 military aircraft that caught fire with 13 passengers on board at Bradley Airport Monday morning.