- HD 1080
- Runtime: 89m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Mike Phillips
- Stars: Bug Hall, Chris Owen, Edward Finlay, John Laughlin, Manu Intiraymi
- keywords: world war ii, bomber, pilot, flight, flying fortress
- Production_studio: Bayou Pictures, Diamondback 99
- Slogan: Battles were fought on the ground, wars were won in the sky.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Fortress is featured in the top rankings of 2012
- #28 in Top War Movies of 2012
When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.