On a cold November morning in 1944, Allied soldiers in Belgium watched a battle-scarred B-17 emerge from the clouds and glide ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II. The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...
The United States produced so many weapons during World War II that it was nicknamed “The Arsenal of Democracy.” One weapon it didn't make, however, was a really, really big bomb. Faced with the ...