Both Aircraft Crash as Videos Surface of Midair Collision. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a P-63 Kingcobra aircraft have collided at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas airshow at the ...

Of all the heavy bombers flown during World War II, the Boeing-built B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most well-known and beloved. It spent most of the conflict fighting against the Germans in the ...

Built from 1936 to 1945, about 45 intact Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress remain. Today, less than 10 are estimated to still be airworthy. There were 12,731 B-17s produced in total, of which 4,735 were ...

Boeing's Plant No. 2 in Seattle was the primary production site for the B-17 Flying Fortress, manufacturing 6,981 aircraft. During World War II, the factory was famously camouflaged with an elaborate ...

SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...

Summary and Key Points: The new Apple+ series “Masters of the Air” showcases the WWII aviators of the 100th Bomb Group and their iconic Boeing B-17 bombers. -Developed in the 1930s, the B-17 played a ...

The Nine-O-Nine, the Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress that crashed in Connecticut Oct. 2, flies over Thomasville, Ala., in April 2002 during a flight from Decatur to Mobile. (John David Mercer ...