Though it wasn't the bomber that actually ended the Second World War (that distinction and honor belongs to another Boeing ...

"The B-17 is an 80-year-old airplane and we've ... B-17s were primarily used as bombers during World War II, but the planes also served other uses, such as transport, antisubmarine and search ...

Two lawsuits were filed Tuesday against the Collings Foundation over the fatal crash of its World War II B-17G bomber at Bradley International Airport Oct. 2. Seven people died in the fiery crash ...

A World War II era B-17 bomber nicknamed the “Madras Maiden” is back in Buffalo this week at Prior Aviation on North Airport Drive in Cheektowaga. For some background information on the B-17 ...

The U.S. built 17. American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment produced during the war ... The B-24 Liberator long-range bomber had 1,550,000.

The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...

Fortunately, the War Assets Administration officer ... before a young boy fell out of the B-17, prompting a lawsuit that shuttered the bomber in the late 1950s. By the time Art Lacey died in ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...