At the first sign of engine problems, the pilot of the World War-era B-17 bomber radioed to the Bradley International Airport control tower to say he was circling back for an emergency landing. But ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The only surviving crew member of a World War II-era bomber that crashed in Connecticut last year, killing seven people, told investigators that "everything was perfect" before ...

WINDSOR LOCKS — Investigators determined the deadly World War II-era B-17 bomber crash at Bradley Airport in 2019 was caused by the pilot’s actions, but maintenance issues, a lack of oversight and an ...

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WWLP) – The National Transportation Safety Board has released its accident report about what caused a World War II plane to crash at Bradley International Airport in 2019 killing ...

“The B-17 could likely have overflown the approach lights and landed on the runway had the pilot kept the landing gear retracted and accelerated to 120 mph until it was evident the airplane would ...

In the final days of 1943, a damaged American B-17 struggled to stay in the air — its crew wounded, its engines failing. Then, out of the clouds, a German fighter appeared. What happened next became ...