In the final days of 1943, a damaged American B-17 struggled to stay in the air — its crew wounded, its engines failing. Then ...
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How a B-17 Tailgunner Survived the Skies of 1943
On July 30, 1943, during a massive U.S. raid over Germany involving 186 B-17 Flying Fortresses and 123 P-47 Thunderbolts, the B-17 Tondelayo came under fierce attack from waves of German Me 109s and ...
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All American: The B-17 That Refused to Die
The B-17 All American became legendary after a midair collision with a German BF-109 over Tunisia nearly tore it in half.
As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during World War II. By Clay Risen John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot ...
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — The remains of an Army Air Forces technical sergeant from Ohio, who died after he was sent to a prisoner of war camp during World War II, have now been positively identified, ...
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