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Fortress (aka Flying Fortress) is a 2012 American war film directed by Michael R. Phillips and stars Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan and Joseph Williamson. [Note 1] The film was released by Bayou Pictures and although initially intended for wider release, was a direct-to-video release on July 31, 2012 made by Monarch Video.
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
Prior to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, 7 December 1941, the 19th Bombardment Group had 35 B-17s in the Philippines.By 14 December, only 14 remained. Beginning on 17 December, the surviving B-17s based there began to be evacuated south to Australia, and were then sent to Singosari Airfield, Java in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) on 30 Decemb
The Memphis Belle, a B-17 Flying Fortress, and her crew are set to complete 25 missions, a prerequisite for the crew to complete their tour of duty.Along with the rest of the squadron, Belle is given the task of attacking a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft manufacturing plant in Bremen, Germany.
Emblem of the 94th Bombardment Group B-17s of the 410th Bomb Squadron on a mission over occupied Europe Lockheed/Vega B-17G-1-VE Fortress Serial 42-39775 damaged during a raid on the Bf 110 assembly plant at Waggum, near Brunswick Germany – 11 January 1944. This aircraft was repaired and returned to service, however it was again severely ...
On 27 June 1942, B-17E serial number 41-9032 named My Gal Sal—part of the 342d Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group—was one of 13 B-17s flying the Labrador-to-Greenland leg of a ferry flight to the United Kingdom as part of Operation Bolero, the military build-up in Europe. Inclement weather broke up the flight; five B-17s ...
Herford marshalling yard [17] 5 December 1944 B-17G 42-39824 B-17F 42-30353 [29] (Ten Knights in the Bar Room) The target was not located due to cloud cover, so both were directed at the alternate target of Haldorf. Both crashed outside town. Oldenburg power station [24] [failed verification] 1 January 1945 B-17F 42-30178 Darlin' Dolly and
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. Classified as a heavy bombardment group, the 91st operated Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft and was known unofficially as "The Ragged Irregulars" or as "Wray's Ragged Irregulars", after the commander who took the group to England. [1]