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1. On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress privately owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Seven of the thirteen people on board were killed, and the other six, as well as one person on the ground, were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire, with ...
Awards. Air Medal. Purple Heart. Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.
The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on 20 December 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, 2nd Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown 's B-17F Flying Fortress Ye Olde Pub of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the ...
Boeing built 6,981 B-17s; another 5,745 were built by Douglas and Lockheed under a collaborative effort, according to Boeing. A B-17 with 13 people aboard crashed at a 2019 air show in Connecticut ...
December 15, 1943. In service. December 15, 1943–December 7, 1945. Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions without loss to the crews that flew ...
17 August 1944. B-17G-60-BO 42-37863 crashed nine miles northeast of Pierre, South Dakota, six miles north of the Pierre army air base, at 10:30 pm. Six crew were killed, and three parachuted to safety, members of the 225 Base Unit Combat Training Squadron, Pierre Army Base, South Dakota.
Nose art was redone in 1988 Aluminum Overcast for Denver and the Front Range Denventure 2007 tour stop at Centennial Airport, CO, 2007. Nose showing art, bombs, and Norden bombsight. On 21 May 1979, the group donated the aircraft to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Aviation Foundation, under the auspices of the B-17 Historical ...
Fatalities. 25. On July 9, 1946, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashed into Mount Tom outside Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. The crash and resulting explosion killed all 25 passengers and crew. [2] It was the deadliest aviation accident in New England until the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 in 1960. [3]