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 Teniente) July 29, 2016

13 movies in which the B-17 Flying Fortress is the main star

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The first appearance of the Flying Fortress in film was a Y1B-17 in the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) production Test Pilot, although for the crash scene a Douglas DC-2 was modified to stand in for the bomber, the...read more

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 HQ Batallón) March 31, 2016

Awesome Footage of the Mighty B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" - Turn up the Sound!

Headphones or good speakers are required! EAA - B-17G "Aluminum Overcast" visits VAA Chapter 29 in Hayward, California, September 27, 2015. One of the few remaining airworthy B-17s in the world. 

Climb aboard the 65,000-lb. B-17 bomber and step back in time to the World War II era. Feel...read more

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 HQ Batallón) January 08, 2016

The Battle's Heroes Against the U-Boat in the American Theater

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In 1942 the Allied powers faced the most serious challenge to their control of the seas encountered in the Second World War: the menace of the U-boat. Fast, well armed, and long-ranged, Hitler's submarines attacked shipping throughout the North Atlantic, often...read more

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 HQ Comando Supremo) July 21, 2014

WWII B-17 Pilot takes one final flight

After flying 35 missions over Europe in World War II, former U.S. Air Force B-17 pilot, Marvin Skubick made his 36th and final flight aboard the majestic bomber "Yankee Lady" on june, 2008, thanks to the Yankee Air Museum´s Historic Filght Experience at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti.read more

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