Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...

By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber capable of flying long distances with heavy ordnance loads. The Navy ordered ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress planes were destroyed in the skies ... and the historic stories of the time, including personal photos and stories on the lives of the airmen themselves," she added.