Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...
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The B-17 Gunner Who Fell 20,000 Feet Without a Parachute
During a fierce bombing raid over Nazi-occupied France, Staff Sergeant Alan Magee was blown out of his B-17 Flying Fortress without a parachute—plummeting from 20,000 feet toward certain death. What ...
SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...
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