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Today in aviation history: First combat flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Discover the first combat mission of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on July 8, 1941, as RAF Fortress Mk.1 bombers carried ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress plane is one of the most iconic bombers of all time and ruled the skies in numbers during WWII for Allied forces.
On Black Thursday, October 14, 1943, 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses attacked the ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt and suffered catastrophic losses. German fighters and flak destroyed 60 bombers, but ...
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