In August 1943, B-17 bombers flying over Italy faced an unexpected threat. Axis forces captured and repurposed a P-38 Lightning to attack American formations. The bomber crews, unsuspecting ...

Soon afterward, he was part of a 10-member B-17 bomber crew, assigned to the Army Air Forces’ 95th Bomb Group, flying out of England. As a member of the 8th Air Force, he realized that his odds ...

For bomber crews, the routine was emotionally ... Fearful or not, it would’ve gone badly for the B-17 crews if not for some friendly support. Just at that moment, a contingent of American ...

Mr. Moffitt, who served as a flight engineer and fired the top turret guns on a B-17 bomber, died Saturday at ... damage to the engines causing the crew to ditch in the North Sea.

Some bombers like the B-17 had eating in the cockpit, but that didn't help the rest of the plane. Flight crews and pilots ...

James “Jimmy” Boehling, of Richmond, served in World War II as the navigator for a B-17 bomber. Boehling flew just one ...

The Willow Run bomber plant helped the US win World War II and was the birthplace of the Chevrolet Corvair and Nova. Can it ...

A, F-15C, F-16C and A-10C showcased the Air Force’s capabilities at the Air and Sea Show in Miami Beach. In a ceremonial ...

Four crew members’ remains are beginning to return to their hometowns after a remarkable investigation by family members and ...

The remains of a WWII pilot who crashed and died in France 80 years ago are coming home to Utah for burial after the ...

Marlboro is mourning the loss of Richard Henry Hamilton, a former prisoner of war turned community cornerstone who died ...