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The aircraft involved was a 74-year-old Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, military serial number 44-83575 (variant B-17G-85-DL) with civilian registration N93012. [4] The aircraft was painted as a representation of a different B-17G, [ 5 ] Nine-O-Nine , with military serial number 42-31909 (variant B-17G-30-BO), which had been scrapped shortly after ...
On November 12, 2022, two World War II–era aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, collided mid-air and crashed during the Wings Over Dallas air show at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Texas, United States. [1] The air show, which coincided with Veterans Day commemorations, was organized by the Commemorative Air Force.
Seven of eight crew survive the crash landing of a Boeing SB-17 Flying Fortress, of the 10th Air Rescue Squadron at Anchorage, Alaska, when it fails to return from a search for an RCAF bomber, missing since 30 June with four aboard. The Fortress had apparently completed its six hour search sweep and was en route to Whitehorse when it crashed ...
The B-17G Flying Fortress was equipped with 11 to 13 machine guns and capable of a 9,600-pound bomb load. The 36-seat plane in Dallas was owned by American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum in ...
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 her.
Crash site of B-17 Early on the morning of May 16, 1946, a U.S. Army B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed into White Hill (a.k.a. "White's Hill") near Fairfax, California . Two men were killed and six seriously injured. [ 1 ]
On 23 April 1945, a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress crashed on North Barrule, a hill in the Isle of Man. A total of 31 people were killed. The accident is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the Isle of Man. [1] It was due to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
The Bakers Creek air crash was an aviation disaster that occurred on 14 June 1943, when a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft crashed at Bakers Creek, Queensland, Australia. The aircraft took off from Mackay and crashed approximately 8 km (5