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Lancaster vs B-17: Which WWII Bomber Reigns Supreme?

Step inside the iconic Avro Lancaster and Boeing B-17 and explore their legendary roles in World War II. From bomb load ...
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The B-17 that Landed with No One On Board

On the early morning of November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed in the outskirts of Cortonburg, Belgium, spotted a 35,000-pound B-17 Flying Fortress flying towards them. As ...

Elmira native died in a World War II bomber crash. His family finally knows the full story

Steele is traveling the country aiming to visit the gravesites of all the lost crew members, and recently came to Elmira to ...
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York woman promised to bring her lost uncle home from WWII. 8 decades later, she kept it

Staff Sgt. Clifford Keeney went missing in action in 1944 after his B-17 bomber was shot down over Germany. His niece, Bonnie McClure, promised her grieving grandmother as a child that she would one ...
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Slowly but surely, volunteers plan to make this WWII-era B-17 bomber fly again: 'This is not work; this is just fun'

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...