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A World War II era B-17 bomber nicknamed the “Madras Maiden” is back in Buffalo this week at Prior Aviation on North Airport Drive in Cheektowaga. For some background information on the B-17 ...
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 number. A total of 12,731 B-17s were produced while 18,482 Consolidated ...
Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after ... One person on the ground was injured as well. The vintage bomber (civilian registration number N93012) has ...
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 ...
Robert Riddell was a World War II buff, and a ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress was on his bucket ... Riddell went out on the bomber Wednesday, and was one of seven people who police believe were ...