The plane was called a B-17 Flying fortress.
All throughout WWII.
On a B17 bomber the spent shell casings (brass) fell on the floor. Everything was scarce and rationed during WWII so I assume the brass was reused.
Stuka comes from the German word for dive bomber (Sturzkampfflugzeug).
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James W Fore
All throughout WWII.
B52 B1B B17 B24
perhaps you mean the 'flying fortress' a B17 bomber
Boeing B17
The B17, B24, and B29s were the heavy bombers of WWII. The B52 was the heavy bomber of the Vietnam War.
His nickname was Bomber Harris.
The plane was called a B-17 Flying fortress.
the brown bomber
Arthur 'Bomber' Harris. Chief of Bomber command RAF in WW2.
It was the nickname of a B17 he flew in WWII
It was the Flying Fortress, dubbed so by a Seattle journalist and later adopted as the official name.
In the movie "The Green Berets", it was not a bomber, but an AC-47 gunship. They called it, "Puff the Magic Dragon".