Old Boeing Plant has Some Secrets from World War Two
Many know of the company Boeing and its history of building planes. However, no one knew all of the secrets these specific plants held. Seattle,…
B-17 Flying Fortress drawn onto field in Suffolk
Commemorations of the World War Two B-17 Flying Fortress bomber have taken place in an unusual way in the English countryside. During the war hundreds…
World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…
Divers and Historians Find WWII B-17 Bomber’s Gravesite
In a series of events that sounds like the plot of an adventure-action movie, a group of amateur divers who call themselves the “Shadows of…
Redland Bay Man Joins Dig for Second World War Aircraft In Greenland
Digging down through 100 metres of ice to recover a Second World War aircraft is not something most people would want to take on, but…
Memphis Belle Was Not The First Bomber To Complete 25 Missions
B-17 “Sally B” was used in the movie Memphis Belle to look like the Famous B-17 and was used for scenes requiring pyrotechnics such as smoke…
Wreckage of B-17 Flying Fortress Found in the Sea Near Sicily
A US Army Air Force bomber shot down by Messerschmitt fighters has been found lying on the seabed off the coast of Sicily. The aircraft…
The Friendly Invasion Returns to Suffolk: Welcoming Home Two Men of The Mighty Eighth
Often, my father frustratingly reflects on his 17 year stint in the office of a sugar beet factory through the realisation that almost every man…
B-17 bomber lodged in glacier for more than 70 years
The unique story of a B-17 bomber that was destroyed during World War Two has emerged. Steve Memovich was a US Air Force pilot in…
A WWII bomber ‘Bristol Blenheim’ took to the skies after 12 years of restoration
[Image via Warbirdsnews] After more then a decade of restoration and, a World War II aircraft took to the skies for the first time in almost…
Memphis Belle Was Not The First Bomber To Complete 25 missions
B-17 “Sally B” was used in the movie Memphis Belle to look like the Famous B-17 and was used for scenes requiring pyrotechnics such as smoke…
World War Two bomber veteran flies again in a B-17
“Yankee Lady” B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. [Via] A World War Two bomber veteran gets to fly again in a B-17 more than 70 years after…