Lieutenant George F. Wilson Jr was flying in a B-17G "Flying Fortress" bomber when a hail of antiaircraft fire struck the ...

Nearly 80 years after his death on the European Theater of World War II, a Bountiful pilot has been accounted for.

New details are emerging about the fatal crash of the B-17G Flying Fortress named “Nine-O-Nine” at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, at approximately 10:00 AM local ...

The plane involved in the crash, a B-17G Flying Fortress nicknamed the "Nine-O-Nine," was built in 1944. Though rugged and designed to withstand battle damage, old planes were built in an era ...

The family of Len Root, one of six people killed in the midair collision of a B-17G and a P-63F during the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow last year, is suing the Commemorative Air Force ...

[Courtesy: National Transportation Safety Board] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the preliminary report on the fatal midair collision between a B-17G and P-63F ...

Debris from a World War II-era B-17G "Flying Fortress" and a "P-63 "Kingcobra that collided during a Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas air show on Nov. 12, 2022. The National ...

The collision involved a Boeing B-17G bomber and a Bell P-63F fighter. All five aboard the B-17G and the lone occupant of the P-63F died. No other injuries were reported on the ground or to anyone ...

Marge Hop Wong was in the third grade when her brother Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop, who became a waist gunner on a B-17G Flying Fortress, left to fight in World War II. Hop went missing Dec. 29 ...