A rare World War Two-era plane has crashed at an airport in the US state of Connecticut, killing seven people. Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress ...
With the vast majority of the B-17’s airframe gone, the NTSB investigation has focused on the four 1,200 horsepower Wright R-1820 “Cyclone” engines recovered from the crash site ...
The surviving member of the flight crew of the World War II-era B-17 bomber that crashed at Bradley International Airport last fall told federal investigators he believes the pilot “froze” in ...
The harsh reality of keeping historical airplanes airworthy and flying is that from time to time one will crash. Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after ...
On June 23, 1944, in the skies over Ploiești, Romania, 2nd Lt. David Kingsley’s B-17 was about to crash. The aircraft had been riddled by enemy flak and incoming fire from fighters, and several ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status ... less than two days later Model 299 crashed after its elevator gust-lock remained engaged during landing. As a result of this incident ...
A Worthing pilot has researched the history behind the names of nine roads in Durrington, revealing the story of a Lancaster bomber crew and the mystery surrounding the plane's dramatic crash landing ...
RICHMOND — Authorities on Thursday identified a teenage girl who died while in a car that crashed while speeding with three others, including her younger sister. Stephanie Anahi, 16, of Richmond ...