Today marks a milestone for both Savannah and our nation as we honor the 83rd anniversary of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, ...
By Frank Sulkowski Click here for updates on this story POOLER, Gerogia (WJCL) — Tuesday, January 28th is a historic day for both Savannah and the United States. Eighty-three years ago, January 28, ...
Eighty-three years ago, January 28, 1942, the charter for the Eighth Air Force was created ... Museum highlights include a fully restored B-17 “Flying Fortress” and the multimedia “Mission ...
“The 379th was a unit equipped with the B-17 Flying Fortress, the instrument of making daylight precision bombing against our nation’s enemies a reality. Flying in massed formations to maximize both ...
Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ...
By May 1945 the "Mighty Eighth" had flown more than 600,000 sorties and dropped more 670,000 tons of bombs on German and other Axis railyards, munitions factories, bases, and fuel plants.