Witness a complete WWII strategic bombing mission over Germany, from the initial briefing to the perilous return, in this ...

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

In the final days of 1943, a damaged American B-17 struggled to stay in the air — its crew wounded, its engines failing. Then ...

For some families, the end of World War II brought long-awaited reunions with returning soldiers. For others, it marked the ...

Austin Butler and Callum Turner jumped straight into action while preparing for their roles as World War II pilots in the new miniseries "Masters of the Air." Butler and Turner played the real-life ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II. The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...

On May 29, 1944, an American B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Miss Ponnie" crashed while on a bombing mission over Nazi-occupied Austria. Georg Reutter's mother watched the plane go down from her house ...

SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...

In the late 1930s, U.S. leaders faced a choice: fund the cutting-edge B-17 Flying Fortress or settle for a cheaper design. They chose the Douglas B-18 Bolo, a bomber that was affordable but painfully ...