The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 ...

One in a series of five movies that tell the stories of those caught up in the maelstrom of World War Two. Movies: Dunkirk, Bombers and the Bombed, Evacuees, Secret Army, D-Day Launch the animation.

Soaring 1,200 feet above the ground in a 70-year-old plane held together with what feels like little more than nuts, bolts and prayers can test just about anyone’s mettle.

B-17 bomber, featured in ‘Memphis Belle’ movie, ... It was restored in the 1980s and played the part of the famous “Memphis Belle” bomber in the 1990 movie of the same name.

Nine-O-Nine, the vintage plane that crashed Wednesday while carrying aviation enthusiasts in Connecticut, was among 13,000 B-17 bombers produced in the buildup to and during World War II.

The B-17 was one of America's best heavy bombers, and it could carry up to 17,417 lbs. of bombs in a variety of sizes, ranging from 100 lbs. To 2,000 lbs. These could be dropped on targets using ...