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B-17 Flying Fortress: The Bomber That Redefined Aerial Warfare
Summary and Key Points: The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress ... two guns in the tail gunner’s position. The First B-17 raid ...
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U.S. Air Force Academy Honors B-52 Bomber 'Tail Gunner'
Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, the last U.S. airman to down an enemy fighter as a B-52 tail gunner, was honored this month at ...
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80 years later, Hamilton family seeks Congressional Medal
Eighty years later, the family of Tail Gunner James R. Hamilton continues to try and secure the recognition and honor they ...
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An F-15 is rocking a WWII paint job to honor a B-17 pilot who gave his life to save a wounded crewman
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen bomber ... tail, and the paint scheme is a mottled green and brown camouflage pattern modeled off the B-17 ...
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Flying the All American
Another young athlete, by every definition an All-American and 23 years old at the time, flew into aviation history on Feb. 1, 1943 as pilot of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber named All-American.