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The B-17 that Landed with No One On Board

On the early morning of November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed in the outskirts of Cortonburg, ...
A 35,000-pound B-17 bomber crash-lands in Belgium—no crew aboard, engines still running. RAF soldiers find no signs of life, only personal items and a cryptic note. The crew had bailed out over ...
The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 bomber was ingeniously designed with landing gear that can be positioned up to 20 degrees left or right of the centerline for both takeoff and landing. A crabbed ...