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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…

Australia’s Second World War’s Deadliest Aircraft Crash Remembered

It is hard to accept that during history’s most horrifying war, the deadliest aircraft crash was not caused by enemy fire. Killing 4 crewmembers and…

B-17 Alliance Museum to delay opening until June

B-17 Alliance Museum

[Via] The B-17 Alliance Museum in Salem, Oregon, has had to delay its grand opening until June. The museum is opening at Salem’s Municipal Airport…

Isle of Man war time B-17 crash remembered

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Just before the end of World War Two in April 1945, troops back in Allied territory such as the UK and France began to relax…

WWII: Gunner fell 22,000 feet WITHOUT a parachute and survived

S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…

Story of Alan Carberry – Enthusiasm for WWII C-47 Dakota’s

WWII planes

Alan Carberry of Centerville, Indiana has great love and respect for a WWII plane knows as DC-3. He sees beauty and treasure of history pouring…

Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett

In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast of…

Skydivers jump off ‘Flying Fortress’ WW2 bomber – help raise money for a charity

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A group of ten skydivers had the experience of their lifetime when they were given an opportunity to jump from the bomb bay doors of…

VE Day fighter flyover for Washington, D.C.

VE Day

On the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory over the Nazis during World War Two, a vintage plane flyover will take place on 8th May…

World War Two B-17 Bomber Restoration Underway

B-17 bomber

A B-17 bomber used in World War Two has been relocated from its site at a gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon to an aircraft hangar…

World War Two B-17 restored to former glory

Ian Harvey
B-17

A B-17 Flying Fortress bomber that was flown during World War Two has been restored to its original glory and was unveiled at the National…

The B-17 Alliance moves a historic Milwaukie B-17 bomber to Salem for restoration

Ian Harvey
B-17 bomber

  In early December, a historic B-17 bomber housed in Milwaukie was moved to Salem for restoration and repairs by the B-17 Alliance. The B-17…