TJ3 History on MSN

First Flying Fortress Shot Down in Combat

The first B-17 Flying Fortress lost in combat occurred on August 17, 1942, during the U.S. Army Air Forces’ first heavy ...

Slowly but surely, volunteers plan to make this WWII-era B-17 bomber fly again: 'This is not work; this is just fun'

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.

York woman promised to bring her lost uncle home from WWII. 8 decades later, she kept it

Bonnie McClure promised her grandmother she would bring her uncle Clifford Keeney home after his body went missing. This year ...
Arizona Daily Star

More U of A students could join MIA search after successful mission to Poland

University of Arizona Army ROTC Cadet Jonny Ellwanger knew he was signing up for something important when he was picked to join an archaeological dig at the crash site of an American B-17 bomber shot ...