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Operation Aphrodite The B-17's Secret Kamikaze Mission

The B-17 was so rugged it could take 1,000 cannon rounds, but it had one secret vulnerability. This video reveals the top secret "Operation Aphrodite," a desperate plan to load worn-out B-17s with ...
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WWII B-17 flies into Boeing Field on 90th anniversary of first flight of Flying Fortress

SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...