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B-17 Incident That Shocked the Air Corps

On November 29th, 1943, a large group of B-17 Flying Fortresses were on a mission to take out strategic targets in the industrial city of Bremen, Germany. Inside a B-17F from the 96th Bomb Group named ...
Military Times

John Luckadoo, last B-17 pilot of the Bloody Hundredth, dies at 103

Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...
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When a B-17 Mission Turned to Tragedy

On April 5, 1943, a formation of 79 B-17 Flying Fortresses launched a bombing raid targeting a German aircraft repair ...
The National Interest

A B-17 Bomber Is Being Restored—After Years as a Gas Station Ornament!

The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...
WMAZ

Slowly but surely, volunteers plan to make this WWII-era B-17 bomber fly again: 'This is not work; this is just fun'

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
HeraldNet

Everett man builds B-17 replica in his garage

EVERETT — Thatcher Johnson has spent years building stuff. A former aerospace repair worker, Johnson had built replica airplane equipment, replica plane seats and a full 737 flight simulator in his ...