the B-29 Superfortress), the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was to bombers what the North American P-51D Mustang was to fighters: the iconic symbol of American airpower during WWII. The powerful ...

Compared with the B-29, the B-17’s navigation equipment was basic. Navigational equipment visible here includes a gyro flux gate compass, a radio compass, and an astrodome to take celestial ...

It was, of course, the B-17 Flying Fortress. Here's a closer look. Boeing designed the iconic B-17 in the early 1930s. Though the prototype crashed on a flight in 1935, it performed well enough ...

After being grounded in May, the last B-17 aircraft in Europe will fly again. The bomber most famously used in World War Two was prevented from flying after a safety issue was discovered with a wing.