What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status ... When the prototype, designated Model 299, ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical ... variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn’t finished in time to join World ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by the ... who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National ...

Made by its owner, this model is of a Stirling Bomber used by the Americans during World War II. The U.S. military were based at RAF Marham in 1942. This model can fly, albeit on the tethered line.

Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress - when it went down and burst into flames minutes after take-off outside Hartford on Wednesday. The aircraft was ...