Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by ... Seven lives were lost in the accident, including that of Pilot Ernest “Mac” McCauley, who was ...

Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...

Emergency crews respond to a WWII B-17 bomber crash that happened just before 10 a.m. at Bradley International Airport Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Windsor Locks. Melton, the mechanic on board the ...

Ellsworth AFB reopens runway following B-1 crash The four members of the bomber's air crew ejected during ... The Air Force retired 17 of the oldest and most worn-out B-1s in 2021 in an attempt ...

The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to time one will crash. Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after ...

Eighty years after nine airmen lost their lives in a bomber crash in Surrey, a service to commemorate them has been held. An American Air Force B-17G flying fortress bomber crashed during bad ...

Robert Riddell was a World War II buff, and a ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress was on his bucket ... Minutes before the crash, Riddell was keeping his Facebook friends updated about the flight.

The service was held close to where the B-17 bomber came down ... to mark the 75th anniversary of the crash. This time, a new bench was unveiled to mark the sacrifice made by the crew of Mi ...