Art Lacey stands in front of his hard-won prize: a real B-17 Flying Fortress. When the officials found out he'd done it anyway, they came after him for skirting the permits.

B-17 Flying Fortress Preview. ... Almost everything in B-17 2 is customizable, and that begins with the names and nose art for each bomber. This extends to the names and faces of the crewmembers.

Traveling in vast combat box formations, they dropped hundreds of thousands of pounds of bombs on Nazi Germany. It was, of course, the B-17 Flying Fortress. Here's a closer look.

The introduction of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber signaled a turning tide in the air war over Nazi-controlled Europe. Cutting edge technology employed by a new bomber command under Gen ...