Featured in b-17BYMiguel OrtizSep 19, 2022ShareThis B-17 Flying Fortress was named after Queen ElizabethDuring WWII, the naming of American bombers by their crews gave the aircraft a personal touch. Today, bombers like Command… BYMiguel OrtizSep 19, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022Share‘The Swoose’ is the oldest intact B-17 Flying FortressThe Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an icon of WWII. The aircraft served the U.S. Army Air Force from the… BYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeJun 2, 2023ShareThis clever advertising doomed thousands of aviatorsThe future looked good for the Model 299 as it dominated a fly-off competition in 1935. But then it crashed and so was disqualified. BYLogan NyeJun 2, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022ShareThese WWII bombers were converted into gunshipsThe idea of putting weapons on aircraft to strike ground targets is not a new one. Although the concept has… BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2021ShareThese bomber pilots pulled a ‘Top Gun’ and buzzed the 1943 World SeriesThe 1986 classic Top Gun has put the idea of buzzing the air traffic control tower in the minds of… BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2021ShareBYSOFREPMar 23, 2021ShareMemphis Belle: The legendary B-17 flying fortressThe “Memphis Belle” a B-17F Flying Fortress of the Eighth Air Force would become the most famous of the 12,750… BYSOFREPMar 23, 2021ShareBYShannon CorbeilApr 29, 2020ShareThis B-17 survived one of the most infamous mid-air collisions of WW2There are many versions of All American’s journey — in some, the crew used “parts of the German fighter and their own parachute harnesses” to keep the B-17 Flying Fortress together. In others, she hobbles home to England from battle in… BYShannon CorbeilApr 29, 2020ShareBYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareThis WWII veteran evaded 4,000 enemy troops over 4 monthsSome of our nation’s greatest treasures aren’t places, they are people. Leo LaCasse survived three crash landings and evaded 4,000 enemy troops during World War II. He now lives at a VA Community Living Center in Salem, Virginia. Here is his story… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonJan 4, 2023ShareThe original ‘Memphis Belle’ is now restored and on displayThe Memphis Belle has received a lot of attention over the years. In 1944, this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber was the subject of a documentary, entitled Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, that followed an aircrew as … BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 4, 2023ShareBYAirman MagazineSep 12, 2019ShareHow the legendary Memphis Belle was brought back to lifeThrough the cockpit windscreen, Capt. Robert Morgan saw flashes of light from the wings and engine cowling of a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 at his 12 o’clock and closing at an incredible rate. Each wink of light from the fighter’s wing root meant ano… BYAirman MagazineSep 12, 2019Share
BYMiguel OrtizSep 19, 2022ShareThis B-17 Flying Fortress was named after Queen ElizabethDuring WWII, the naming of American bombers by their crews gave the aircraft a personal touch. Today, bombers like Command… BYMiguel OrtizSep 19, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022Share‘The Swoose’ is the oldest intact B-17 Flying FortressThe Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an icon of WWII. The aircraft served the U.S. Army Air Force from the… BYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeJun 2, 2023ShareThis clever advertising doomed thousands of aviatorsThe future looked good for the Model 299 as it dominated a fly-off competition in 1935. But then it crashed and so was disqualified. BYLogan NyeJun 2, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022ShareThese WWII bombers were converted into gunshipsThe idea of putting weapons on aircraft to strike ground targets is not a new one. Although the concept has… BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2021ShareThese bomber pilots pulled a ‘Top Gun’ and buzzed the 1943 World SeriesThe 1986 classic Top Gun has put the idea of buzzing the air traffic control tower in the minds of… BYMiguel OrtizAug 4, 2021Share
BYSOFREPMar 23, 2021ShareMemphis Belle: The legendary B-17 flying fortressThe “Memphis Belle” a B-17F Flying Fortress of the Eighth Air Force would become the most famous of the 12,750… BYSOFREPMar 23, 2021Share
BYShannon CorbeilApr 29, 2020ShareThis B-17 survived one of the most infamous mid-air collisions of WW2There are many versions of All American’s journey — in some, the crew used “parts of the German fighter and their own parachute harnesses” to keep the B-17 Flying Fortress together. In others, she hobbles home to England from battle in… BYShannon CorbeilApr 29, 2020Share
BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareThis WWII veteran evaded 4,000 enemy troops over 4 monthsSome of our nation’s greatest treasures aren’t places, they are people. Leo LaCasse survived three crash landings and evaded 4,000 enemy troops during World War II. He now lives at a VA Community Living Center in Salem, Virginia. Here is his story… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 4, 2023ShareThe original ‘Memphis Belle’ is now restored and on displayThe Memphis Belle has received a lot of attention over the years. In 1944, this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber was the subject of a documentary, entitled Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, that followed an aircrew as … BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 4, 2023Share
BYAirman MagazineSep 12, 2019ShareHow the legendary Memphis Belle was brought back to lifeThrough the cockpit windscreen, Capt. Robert Morgan saw flashes of light from the wings and engine cowling of a German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 at his 12 o’clock and closing at an incredible rate. Each wink of light from the fighter’s wing root meant ano… BYAirman MagazineSep 12, 2019Share
