Can someone really survive a 20,000-foot freefall in a shattered bomber? One B-17 tail gunner may have done just that - trapped inside the rear of the Flying Fortress as it broke apart mid-air.

Roy was a "left waist" gunner on the B-24 Liberator, meaning he was positioned to fire a .50 caliber machine gun from an opening in the side of the plane. But as the crew members flew, 50 to 60 ...

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Tropical fish, a highly perishable commodity, are being transported to the U.S. from South America in a wartime Boeing B-17G converted into a flying aquarium. Read the full article on page 143.

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For starters, the B-36 was heavily armed—with eight remotely operated turrets, each outfitted with dual 20-mm cannons. The turrets required multiple gunners ... the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ...

SALMON ARM - A 17-year-old male has died in a 60-metre fall on Bastion Mountain in British Columbia’s Shuswap region. RCMP in Salmon Arm say officers responded to the scene of a “tragic ...

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A total of 830 B-17’s and B-24’s participated in the mission. Photo courtesy of Stories Behind the Stars Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-3 JG 2 Deamer was assigned to crew B-17G 42-32003 “Shoo Shoo Baby” as right ...

On July 17, Doc, a restored Boeing B-29, took off from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, the culmination of years of effort from hundreds of supporters. On a grassy strip beside the ...