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B-17 Aluminum Overcast returns to EAA Aviation Museum
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoOSHKOSH – A historic World War II bomber is coming back home. The EAA Aviation Museum is set to...
World War II-era B-17 bomber on display at EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh
FOX 11 Green Bay· 1 day agoA piece of World War II history is now on display in Oshkosh. Measuring over 74 feet long and...
B-17 gunner’s remains buried in North Carolina 80 years after bomber went down in France
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoA U.S. Army Air Forces staff sergeant was laid to rest Monday in North Carolina, eight decades after...
Remember the military air crews, including the Memphis Belle, who fought in World War II
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe Bomber commands in the different theatres had similar tasks, however dynamically different...
Archaeologists work to find missing pilot
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe pilot was flying a B-17 bomber when he died [Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images] Archaeologists searching for a missing ...
Petersham WWII vet, fresh off 100th birthday, headed to DC for Memorial Day parade
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoPurple, the longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., flew 35 missions in a B-17 bomber. At 19, he was...
Archaeologists search English crash site of World War II bomber for remains of lost American pilot
WLTX-TV Columbia· 3 days agoThe bomber, loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives, crashed after its controls failed, and now...
Look Back: Plains Twp. airman, 24, killed in B-17 crash during World War II
Times Leader· 5 days agoDonini was killed April 6, 1945, when the B-17 bomber, known as the Flying Fortress, in which he was a ball turret gunner collided with ...
Haynes: Shamrock native writes novels on ranching, WWII, and spiritual conflict
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 6 days ago“Jesse’s Seed,” published a few years ago, follows David Dremmer from his life on a ranch, working...
'Hard work and fresh air' may be the secrets to a long life for 105-year-old Irene Jones
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“I said that would be fun, but there are none around.” She has already checked off several bucket...