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    • B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17 Flying Fortress Newsletter
  • Fire Bomber 09 Jun 2025 13:43 GMT

    … Arnold Kolb standing near his B-17 bomber the way other men … tougher than the B-17, also known as the Flying Fortress, and used … felt some ownership. Many B-17 war crews had first assembled … could identify the sound of B-17 engines without looking up. …

  • Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber in his barn 31 May 2025 00:45 GMT

    … a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been … .  Rebuilding a ‘Flying fortress’  The B-17 was the most iconic bomber used by the … , earned it the nickname “Flying Fortress.” The B-17 currently being resurrected in Kellner …

  • What the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima REALLY thought of the operation 07 Jun 2025 09:08 GMT

    … -29, successor to the B-17 Flying Fortresses used in the … four-engine, long-range bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress, and been in the … observational equipment to assess the bomb’s performance. All those … you are dropping atom bombs, or 100lb bombs, or shooting a …

  • Kingman residents raise funds to rename Rancho Santa Fe to Flying Fortress Parkway 03 May 2025 20:44 GMT

    … Rancho Santa Fe Parkway, to Flying Fortress Parkway, following the successful community … presented four options for consideration. Flying Fortress emerged as the top choice … and the legacy of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers once stationed at the Kingman …

  • Medal of Honor Monday: Sarnoski 17 Jun 2025 03:06 GMT

    … training in bomb sight maintenance, Sarnoski became a B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier. In 1941 … , he was assigned to the 43rd Bombardment … s 65th Bombardment Squadron to serve as a bombardier and bombing instructor. …

  • New Normandy Memorial Honors Eighth Air Force Airmen Crucial to D-Day Victory 17 Jun 2025 01:59 GMT

    … on Oct. 14, 1943, when B-17 bombers from the Eighth targeted the … the bomber’s multiple machine guns. A ball gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress … themselves also contain pieces of B-17 and P-51 aircraft that … a P-51 and a B-17. … Inside Rosenthal and Smith, …

  • An original 'Rosie the Riveter': From building bombers to breaking barriers 18 May 2025 22:37 GMT

    … ;Rosie the Riveter' and bomber builder in WWII, inspiring women … , "I built B-17 and B-29 bombers. I thought we deserved …

  • Why Did Some WW2 Bombs Have Propellers? Here's What They Were For 08 May 2025 16:34 GMT

    … like the bunker buster bomb, but remote activation wasn' … quot;) While loaded on a bomber plane like the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that helped win World War … situations can change on a bombing run, which is why some bombs were equipped with propellers on …

  • B-24 Liberator comes to the Mighty Eighth Museum in Pooler 16 Jun 2025 05:40 GMT

    … the preservation of the historic bomber, Rupert the Roo II,” said … home to a restored Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the arrival of the B … complete story of the heavy bombers flown by the Eighth during …

  • The RAF Allied bombing campaign was heroic but controversial for one reason 28 Apr 2025 08:00 GMT

    … skies over Germany. The bombing campaign dramatically increased in … daylight operations in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses – increasingly … experience and better equipment, Bomber Command reached new levels … come D-Day. Strategic bombing was undoubtedly the most …

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