Hospers was a former U.S. Army Reserve colonel (he was selected to be in command of B-17G ... Fortress LLC acquired it in 2013 (and received its new FAA certification in 2015) for display and ...

It will remain stationed at the museum, joining another B-17G, Miss Angela (44-85778 ... The Post-War B-17 Flying Fortress and Survivors as well as other titles are the gold standard when it ...

The B-17G variation that saw service in the tail ... bomber’s little friend all the way to Berlin and back. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to make its mark on history and became among the ...

Three U.S. airmen disappeared after bailing out of a burning B-17 over Germany 80 years ago. An Offutt recovery team ...

The aptly named Flying Fortress sought to even the odds, bristling with up to 13 guns (B-17G), all of which were Browning M2 .50-caliber weapons with a firing rate of 13 rounds per second. [ ...

In November 2022, all five aboard a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, known as Texas Raiders, and the pilot of a Bell P-63F Kingcobra were killed when the fighter aircraft sliced into the bomber ...

The Boeing B-17G Sally B flying at the Duxford Summer ... also known by the nickname Flying Fortress, could return to service. "Our aircraft is in an outstanding condition for her age," said ...

Twenty-four thousand feet above Germany’s Rhine River valley, the nine-man crew of the B-17G shivered as the winter deep-freeze pierced the bomber’s unheated cabin. The Flying Fortress took ...