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来自MSN2 个月
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Won World War II
The Flying Fortress could hold a crew of 10 and was warmed with 10 .50-caliber machine guns. The B-17 platform played an instrumental role during WWII. As detailed by the National World War II ...
来自MSN1 个月
WWII Bombers: The Aircraft That Shaped the War
Bombers took on different roles during World War II, depending on size, but many were multi-role aircraft. True “heavies” like the B-17, Lancaster, or the B-29 had strategic roles, bombing ...
Hartford Courant4 年
Mechanic on board WWII-era B-17 that crashed at…
The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley International Airport last fall told federal investigators he believes the pilot “froze” in ...
Hartford Courant4 年
Survivors, families of those killed in B-17…
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 ...
Lawrence Journal-World17 年
B-17 bomber revives memories
Kansas City, Mo.? Dan Anderson looked at the World War II era bomber parked on the tarmac at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport and thought of his late uncle. “There were a few times when he ...
Altoona Mirror7 年
World War II aircraft showcase aviation’s storied past
On display through 5 p.m. today are a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 ... s a pilot and his father was a paratrooper in World War II, so he makes a point of visiting the tour ...
PBS8 年
Bombers of World War II
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 ...
The Sentinel11 天
Lewistown airman dies in one of WWII’s worst single-day losses
By the time Raymond K. “Duke” Deamer joined his bomber unit in February 1944 at RAF Knettishall, Suffolk, England, the ...
Smithsonian Magazine4 年
Once a Roadside Attraction, This WW2 Bomber May Get a Third Life
The wooden floorboards were replaced seven times, 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 2000 ...
Military.com21 天
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute
It was January 1944, and the tail section of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed ... the military's most dangerous jobs during World War II. Raley would later serve in the Korean and ...
Moviefone3 年
Swamp Ghost: WWII Plane Rescue
Documentary lifting the lid on the story of Alfred Hagen and his expedition to discover and rescue The Swamp Ghost, a WWII B-17 Bomber that crashed in Papua New Guinea.