In 1943, a battered B-17 Flying Fortress sat in a scrapyard, written off after repeated combat damage and burdened with the ominous tail number 41-2666. Instead of being dismantled, the aircraft was ...

The Boeing B-17 is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Second World War and arguably the most recognizable bomber in aviation history. But how much do you really know about the Flying Fortress? The ...

Underwater archaeologists have located a World War II B-17 in the Baltic Sea, and recovered artifacts may help identify the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Air Force B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber flies through the sky. A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore ...

The Folio Society unveils a deluxe Masters of the Air with 60+ archival WWII photos, a B-17 Flying Fortress cutaway, and exclusive introductions by Tom Hanks.

The B-17 bomber, also known as the Flying Fortress, helped change the course of World War II. Manufactured by Boeing, over 12,000 were made for combat. It was dubbed a flying fortress due to its ...

CHICAGO - In a dramatic scene that could have played out in Europe during World War II, a restored B-17 Flying Fortress bomber made an emergency landing Monday in a west suburban cornfield after an ...