World War Two B-17 restored to former glory
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…
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The December 24th 1944 mission for the East Anglian based American Eighth Air Force was the largest Air Striking Force the world has ever seen…
Salida man twice survived the attacks of the Second World War
91 years old Fred Rasmussen from Salida, Colorado, U.S. talks about his experiences in the military service at the time of the Second World War.…
Restoringthe Flying Fortresses That Helped With Winning the Second World War
Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, a group of people are working hard to make sure they preserve some of the…
Second World War Memphis Belle Tries to Refurbish Other B-17s
To raise funds to maintain and refurbish two other B-17s, Liberty Foundation organised a tour in which the Memphis Belle was flown to give passengers…
World War II POW Shares His Story
Ervin Pickrel became a POW in 1944, his B-17 having been blasted out of the air by gunfire. He had been a gunner himself, as…
Site of Crashed B-17 Revisited
Troy Hollar was a turret gunner on a B-17 during the Second World War. He and his crew met misfortune in April of the war’s…
B-17 on Tour
The EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) is gathering veterans from the Second World War to represent each of the B-17 bomber crew positions. There are 10…
B-17 Flying Fortress Successfully Completed Milestone Flight in 1938
The B-17 Flying Fortress was a few years away from becoming the iconic warplane of the American air force in WWII, when six planes took…
Angelina Jolie’s Second Film, Unbroken, Set to be Released on Christmas
Angelina Jolie is has been working on her second feature film as a director with her project, Unbroken. A sneak peek has leaked online and…
Ohio museum volunteers rebuilding a B-17
Feb. 20, 2014: Dave Shiffer displays a throttle quadrant that will be placed in the B-17 World War II-era bomber being built from salvaged and…
Ileen Lois: The name on a ball turret that identified an entire B-17 crew
Ileen Lois. Those are the words that were painted on a World War Two B-17 bomber which was found at the bottom of a lake…