Flying a B-17 was a very risky job since they were huge, slow and therefore easy targets for enemy aircraft and anti-aircraft defences, who always marked them as primary targets.

On April 8, 1944, a B-24 carrying Hubert, the ball turret gunner ... Following the war, the military hunted for the downed bomber with no luck. The Army declared Hubert killed in action.

On January 20, 1944, he was the top turret gunner on a B-24 when it was shot down over Italy ... The plane was on fire, and a German bomber was attacking us. One of them came straight in ...

Bomber Mountain in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains paid dearly to earn its name when a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into it in ... The rusty framework in the foreground is a part of the ball turret mount ...

The bomber was displaced when a strong tornado ripped through Rome on July 16, 2025, causing $40 million in damage.

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is without a doubt the pinnacle of airpower. Designed to penetrate enemy defenses undetected, it can carry a devastating arsenal of conventional and nuclear weapons.

then the Lancaster would be the clear victor over the Halifax (to draw an American heavy bomber analogy, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress would be the clear winner over the Consolidated B-24 ...

ROME, N.Y. — Information about a plan to repair Rome's B-52 Bomber in Oneida County will be announced on Feb. 5. The massive plane was knocked over in July 2024 by a tornado. The B-52 ...

It has led to countless trade proposals over the years. Most of them, like the latest one, involve sending Ball back home to Los Angeles. B/R pitched that the Los Angeles Lakers should propose a ...

Oneida County is contributing $150,000 to project to restore B-52 bomber at Griffiss Business and ... Smith American Legion Post 24, the plane’s official caretaker, has been working on a plan ...