"The Cold Blue" chronicles the heroism of those B-17 bomber crews of WWII who took to ... “It’s called The Death Of A Ball Turret Gunner, and it goes like this; From my mother’s sleep ...

The war in Gaza is now 1 year old. It has expanded into Lebanon and Iran, and God knows where else it will spread. At least ...

Summary and Key Points: The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" revolutionized aerial ... protected by waist guns as well as two ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American ... service in the summer of 1943 – introduced a "chin" turret for increased forward firepower, enhancing the aircraft's ...

Arthur Leva Sr. of Kihei, who turns 92 today, flew 32 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber. Seventy-two years ago, a pair of boots saved Arthur Leva ...

The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley ... just beyond the turret, and knew that I had to get out of the plane,” his statement ...

A bomber ball turret gunner, Lawrence trained in the B-17 Flying Fortress with the 463rd Bombardment Group, part of the newly formed 15th Air Force. His unit headed to West Africa and made flights ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated by the ... who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National ...

Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress - when it went down ... "In front of me, I see this big ball of orange fire, and I knew something happened ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th Manage and take control of the 10-man crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as they attempt to complete 25 harrowing ...

Sadly seven people perished when a B-17/231909 bomber was lost in a crash on takeoff last week in Connecticut (“‘An honor for me to fly in living history,'” Oct. 5). My father was a World ...

The bombers conducted airstrikes on five underground weapons facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, and the ...