On July 30, 1943, during a massive U.S. raid over Germany involving 186 B-17 Flying Fortresses and 123 P-47 Thunderbolts, the B-17 Tondelayo came under fierce attack from waves of German Me 109s and ...
On December 20, 1943, a badly damaged American B-17 was struggling home from a raid over Bremen when a German fighter pilot ...
The oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group and the next to last B-17 lost to hostile action by the group met a horrifying fate in the skies over Germany on April 8, 1945, just 30 days ...