What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned ... by its B-29 successor, the bomber remains one of the most revered of its kind to this day. During WWII, the U.S. Army Air Corps ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - World War II B-17 ... in the 381st Bomb Group's colors and travels around the country offering rides about 30 weekends per year. In addition to flights on the B-17, the public ...

Nine-O-Nine, the B-17 bomber involved in yesterday’s tragic crash in Connecticut, was built too late to serve in World War II, but was later ... 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

Engines on the B-17 bomber roared to life. Wind gusted through open cracks around the gun turrets of the World War II plane as it took ... mapping aircraft before a group of investors purchased ...

The World War II Boeing ... of the 381st Bomb Group. The 381st BG flew 297 operational missions during the war, dropping 22,000 tons of bombs. During this time they lost 131 B-17's and downed ...

PORT ANGELES — Larry Owen kept the Flying Fortress flying during World War II. The B-17 heavy bomber was “something you ... as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces’ 463rd Bomb Group, Owen has kept ...