Featured in flying fortressBYMiguel 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 Decision, Memphis Belle, and Enola Gay have become famous for… 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 beginning to the end of the war and is the… BYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022ShareBYSOFREPMar 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 B-17s produced by Boeing during World War II. The plane… 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, 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, 2023Share
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 Decision, Memphis Belle, and Enola Gay have become famous for… 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 beginning to the end of the war and is the… BYMiguel OrtizAug 3, 2022Share
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 B-17s produced by Boeing during World War II. The plane… 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
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
