In one of the most dramatic encounters of World War II, a lone B-17 Flying Fortress found itself under attack by eight agile ...

Boeing's Seattle, Washington, plant produced 6,981 B-17s, while Lockheed produced 2,750. Another 2,995 were produced by ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was one of the main offensive weapons used during WWII. Here's who designed and built it, and where they were made.

One of the most famous and mass-produced US bombers of the war was the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The heavy bomber was known to be able to take a lot of punishment and keep flying, although it ...

The B-17 “Sentimental Journey” arrives at Boeing Field in Seattle on July 28, 2025, the 90th anniversary of the first flight of the bomber’s prototype at the same field.

William Thomas Cleary, a Lake Ronkonkoma native, was flying a mission near Italy in 1944 when his B-17 bomber crashed into ...