Boeing's B-17 Flying Fortress has become one of the great icons of aviation history. The type's longevity has seen it perform a myriad of roles during its flyin

The B-17 Flying Fortress is, along with the British Avro-Lancaster, the most famed heavy bomber of World War II. More than 12,000 B-17s were built and the plane

The B-17 pioneered the concepts of strategic bombardment. This work gives technical detail along with little-known facts and stories, as well as accounts of mis

There is no such thunder in history -- nor ever will be again -- as the deep-throated roar of the mighty, four-engined B-17s that streamed across the skies i

A small number of Fortresses, less than one-hundred in all, were operated by a number of air arms across the world - Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic