The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber ... In one bombing raid on Schweinfurt-Regensburg, the Germans shot down 60 Forts. Throughout WWII, many Forts that were shot at and survived ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago.

The tower at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, clears me to land in a crosswind gusting to 40 knots, 5 over the limits of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress I ... settle gently back down. After some jumpy ...

Seven lives were lost in the accident, including that of Pilot Ernest “Mac” McCauley, who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in ... brought down the Nine-O-Nine, enough ...