Eight decades ago, a World War II B-17 bomber plunged into the depths of the Baltic Sea, taking with it a crew of Allied airmen and their mission details. Today, scientists are finally unearthing the ...

Witness a complete WWII strategic bombing mission over Germany, from the initial briefing to the perilous return, in this ...

Today’s column is the second of two on the deadly crash of a B-17G “American Maid” bomber in Nazi Germany and the memorial celebration held nearly 80 years later with the crew’s families and ...

State officials have identified the victims of the B-17 plane crash. Seven people killed when a 1944 World War II-era B-17 aircraft crashed at Bradley International Airport Wednesday morning. Of the ...

On May 29, 1944, an American B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Miss Ponnie" crashed while on a bombing mission over Nazi-occupied Austria. Georg Reutter's mother watched the plane go down from her house ...

The United States produced so many weapons during World War II that it was nicknamed “The Arsenal of Democracy.” One weapon it didn't make, however, was a really, really big bomb. Faced with the ...