The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.

The anonymous Czech prisoner who saved an American B-17 bomber in World War II Ye Olde Pub ... The only two survivors were tail gunner Eugene P. Moran (top row, first from left) and navigator Jesse E.

Flying a B-17 was a very risky job since they were huge ... The Position of the underbelly, ball turret gunner. Florida turning a 4th-and-1 fumble into an untouched TD run is peak bowl season ...

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

Christmas Eve, 1944, behind enemy lines near the Germany-Belgium border at an altitude of about 25,000 feet, 20-year-old ...

Matz (gunner), Cpl. Robert E ... law student David MacHauer was manning two machine guns from the belly of a B-17 bomber nicknamed the “Miss Bea Havin.’” An anxious voice cackled through ...

David MacHauer and his fellow crew members of the Miss Bea Havin', a B-17G bomber of the 487th Bomb ... Neil F. Matz (tail gunner), Cpl. Robert E. Sellers (gunner), Sgt. David H.

The B-17 is more than just an airplane. It is a monument to a time in history where freedom itself hung in the balance.

MacHauer rotated his gun turret toward the tail of his airplane and saw a large formation of fighter planes quickly approaching. For a fleeting second, he thought perhaps they could be friendly ...