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The Veteran's Message Boards are the most important feature of the B-17 site. Find an old friend, ask a question about the airplane, or just discuss history with hundreds of others like yourself. And if the B-17 isn't your cup of tea, we've got the full range of other aircraft types and topics as well.
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Pretty Deadly - Nose Art in the Military
Military aviators since WWII have often personalized their aircraft with nose art depicting women, cartoon characters, home town imagery, and simply names. Take a tour into history with HW as we examine some of the best nose art, up close and personal!
Preflight: The Memphis Belle Story
The crew of the "Memphis Belle" were made famous during a time when most B-17 crews were shot down. Read a brief history of the plane and check out a photo of Major Robert Morgan today!
Monthly Desktop Calendar Art
Download a FREE computer desktop calendar, each one commissioned monthly from aviation artist Scott Allbee. Every month features a different airplane and each artwork is individually commissioned for Historic Wings Online!
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Check out our B-17 photo gallery with images from the early days of development, when the B-17 was a sleek, all silver gleam in the eye of Boeing engineers to the hard fought years of war, flying against the Axis powers.
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Read personal stories and memories from veterans who were there -- or submit your own. These are first-hand accounts of live in the ETO (or PTO, CBI, etc.) and of what it was like to fly and work on the B-17.
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Historic Wings Online, in partnership with Aviation Archives, provides you with an extensive research service just a click away. We can provide everything from Missing Air Crew Reports, to unit histories, to individual service records and more are now available.
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Check out our choice selection of the best B-17 books out there today. We review a range of titles and offer overnight shipping for those hard-to-find aviation books you always wanted for your collection.
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