All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action The 1992 Classic. Experience the thrill of commanding a B-17 Flying Fortress on perilous missions ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th Redux The classic game remastered. Feel the power of flying a 10-men crew on a B-17 over occupied Europe in WWII. Plan ...

Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress first chronicled the journey of the historic aircraft in 1944. The 45-minute-long documentary is the work of legendary Hollywood director William Wyler. Per ...

The Flying Fortress cumulatively dropped more bombs than any other plane during World War II, but those numbers came at a ...

LEWISTOWN — America’s legendary 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) earned its nickname “Bloody Hundredth” for the losses it sustained during strategic bombing missions over Europe in 1943. On its first ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — or its computer-generated likeness — received plenty of screen time in the Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air.” Inspiring the World War II series was the tumultuous ...

Few bombers equal the B-17 in visibility afforded to the bombardier. A low-backed swivel chair is secured inches from the Plexiglas nose. Machine guns with ammunition belts of .50 caliber shells are ...

Summary and Key Points: The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” revolutionized aerial warfare when it debuted in the mid-1930s. As a four-engine bomber, it offered greater payload capacity and range than ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress Was a Quantum Leap in Aviation Design: When the first Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” took its maiden flight on July 28, 1935 it proved to be a quantum leap over earlier United ...