combat, and return. The B-17 Flying Fortress played a pivotal role in the Allied victory in Europe. With its durability, firepower, and long-range capability, it helped define strategic bombing in ...

Nicknamed the “Flying Fortress” due to its impressive array of defensive machine guns, the B-17 was designed to withstand heavy enemy fire. -First used in combat in 1942, it played a crucial ...

A Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided in midair with a B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings Over ... The single-engine Bell P-63 Kingcobra was never used in combat by the United States, according ...

A game that allows you the chance to jump from station to station within a single B-17 has always been a dream ... ever dreamed of fighting aboard a Flying Fortress will fall in love with this ...

Stuart Hodes had one of World War II's most dangerous jobs: flying bombing runs over Occupied Europe in a B-17 Flying Fortress ... I was flying combat missions. I didn't like being shot at.

It provides a deeper appreciation and comprehension of what it was like for crewmembers to take to the air, drop bombs, and operate the guns of a real B-17 Flying Fortress.

The restored Liberty Belle B-17, one of a fleet of four-engine heavy bombers constructed by Boeing Aircraft and dubbed the "Flying Fortress ... in every theater of combat during the war but ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — or its computer-generated ... obvious model work that stands out in comparison to the actual combat footage used elsewhere. Directed by Henry King and starring ...