WWII Flying Fortress ASSOCIATED PRESS Aug 7, 2021 Aug 7, 2021 Updated Aug 7, 2021 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save One of the gunners tests his weapon on a Boeing B17 as it prepares to take off on another bombing raid over Germany, from an airfield somewhere in England on Aug. 9, 1941. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS Tags Aiming Weaponry Concentration War Holding Sitting As featured on Photos: Today in History for Aug. 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Articles Collections ArticlesA member of the 'grey walkers' offers this sisterly advice on the Appalachian Trail: Embrace the stinkNew Chipotle location has Pittsfield residents excited for something freshPittsfield police respond to late Saturday vehicle rollover at intersection of South Street and Underhill PlaceSales tax takes a holiday Aug. 13-14 in Massachusetts: Here's some adviceIf you want to attract monarch butterflies, plant a butterfly garden filled with zinnia, cosmos and goldenrodPittsfield implementing water restrictions beginning Aug. 8Is an 80-year tradition worth continuing at Tanglewood? Audience members think soNo serious injuries in Friday night crash on Merrill Road in PittsfieldThe Berkshre Eagle's newsroom in Pittsfield gets a modern makeover2 seriously injured after motorcycle strikes car on State Road in Great Barrington CollectionsPhotos: Pittsfield Suns play the Nashua Silver Knights on Saturday at Wahconah ParkPhotos: Visitors get medieval at the Massachusetts Renaissance Faire at the Cummington FairgroundsPhotos: Today in history for Aug. 3Photos: Today in History for July 30Photos: Tanglewood on Parade 2022Photos: Take a tour of The Berkshire Eagle's newly renovated newsroomPhotos: Today in History for Aug. 8Photos; Today in History for Aug. 6Photos: Rowboats on the Stockbridge Bowl.Photos by Stephanie Zollshan: Musician Mark Stewart at home and with his Orchestra of Original Instruments