The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station ...

As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory ...

Bombing Europe in World War II was one of the most war’s dangerous jobs. Professor Thomas Childers of the University of Pennsylvania says being a British or American bomber pilot flying against ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress could take brutal punishment, while the faster B-24 Liberator carried more bombs over longer ranges. Together they formed the backbone of the USAAF’s daylight bombing campaign ...

In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station.

Staff Sergeant Alan E. Magee was an ordinary brave 23-year old American serviceman until the 3rd of January 1943. During a ...

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the extraordinary B-17 Flying Fortress bomber played an enormous part in the Allied victory in World War II. The B-17 was the most prolific bomber in the U.S ...

By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist The gunners of the B-17 Flying Fortress were a different breed. These men endured ...

The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...