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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 ...
The New York Times

John H. Luckadoo, Last Pilot From a Storied Bomber Group, Dies at 103

As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during World War II. By Clay Risen John H. Luckadoo, the last surviving pilot ...
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Slowly but surely, volunteers plan to make this WWII-era B-17 bomber fly again: 'This is not work; this is just fun'

SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...