the B-17 came as a response to a 1934 Army Air Corps request for a four-engined bomber. At the time, it was more common to ...

The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley International Airport last fall told federal investigators he believes the pilot “froze” in ...

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 ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical ... B-17 was having having issues with the number 4 engine, which was seen sputtering and smoking by ...

29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol. The lawsuit contends the pilots also failed to “run-up” the engines prior to takeoff.

American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber pilots honoured "They ... also come to hear the "lumbering sound" of the plane's four engines. "It's an iconic symbol of World War Two." ...