EUGENE — A strong jerk and a plume of smoke served as a signal that the engines on the World War II B-17G Aluminum Overcast bomber had started up. Inside, the machine gun turrets rumbled with the ...
In the spring of 1945, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that would become the “Yankee Lady” was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps just as World War II was coming to an end. The aircraft would never ...
Boeing's Plant No. 2 in Seattle was the critical birthplace and primary production site for the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II, employing 30,000 people and producing thousands of aircraft.
The B-17 Flying Fortress plane is one of the most iconic bombers of all time and ruled the skies in numbers during WWII for Allied forces.