The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...
Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...
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B-17 that was spared: An unlikely act of mercy
On December 20, 1943, pilot Charlie Brown struggled to keep his heavily damaged B-17 airborne after a mission over Germany. German fighter ace Franz Stigler intercepted the crippled bomber, yet ...
While the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted night-time bombing raids over Germany, the U.S. 8th Air Force bombed during the day, and the B-17 proved especially well-suited for the task—yet it came ...
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